salarua@sopuli.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2年前Big Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would havemessage-squaremessage-square227fedilinkarrow-up11.41Kfile-text
arrow-up11.41Kmessage-squareBig Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would havesalarua@sopuli.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2年前message-square227fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2年前I could absolutely see a not-too-distant future where competitors of megacorps have their assets attacked by the government’s military.
minus-squareConvict45@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2年前This has already happened many times. It’s just that those “competitors” are usually referred to as “ordinary people.”
minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2年前Sad upvote. I was thinking more as a mundane mechanism to gain market share though, not necessarily punishment or collateral damage. …but I guess it applies even then. Sigh.
I could absolutely see a not-too-distant future where competitors of megacorps have their assets attacked by the government’s military.
This has already happened many times. It’s just that those “competitors” are usually referred to as “ordinary people.”
Sad upvote.
I was thinking more as a mundane mechanism to gain market share though, not necessarily punishment or collateral damage.
…but I guess it applies even then. Sigh.