SineSwiper

It’s because they’re not publicly traded

A privately-owned company has better morals by default. Most are also privately-owned because they want to keep their morals.

Internet still had a bubble. Internet didn’t go away when it popped.

There’s very few privately-owned companies of this size, and it’s sad.

Hence the “does nothing, still wins” memes.

Say it with me: It’s not age verification; it’s identity collection.

This is a rather defeatist take. It’s also wrong.

Also, 1988 was a year that existed.

cryptofascists

I saw this phrase and knew immediately it was pulled from Disco Elysium.

They are already asking questions. DeepSeek was a wake up call. NVIDIA stock dropped like a stone right after the announcement.

Open source is the only way forward with AI.

You honestly think peasants could reach the king without getting gutted by their guards within seconds?

Well, that sounds like the beginning of the end.

You being very generous by calling the characters interesting. The character line-up was the most generic, by-the-numbers GotG ripoff I’ve ever seen.

Do you know how to break the cycle? Use open-source software. Use standard protocols that aren’t locked behind some greedy corporation.

Why not take the features from Discord/Slack and integrate it into a new IRC or Jabber protocol?

Every single office chair I buy for myself and my family is followed by an immediate purchase of rollerblade wheels for that chair. Standard office wheels suck, and replacing them is really easy. They glide so well.

Microsoft spent millions of dollars and clout to lock their OEM out of offering Linux on the desktop. There’s a good reason why you don’t see Linux PCs on the shelves of Walmart.

Seriously. I want to play Alan Wake 2, but not if it’s on Epic’s store.

Country size has a huge impact on the ability to make sweeping changes to infrastructure and public opinion. A country the size of one US state can do whatever they want and it’s not going to take 50 years to implement.

South Korea has broadband everywhere? Sure, they are a rich country the size of Indiana and lacing all of that fiber is trivial compared to the entire land mass of the US, or worse, Russia or China. Governmental demands scale much differently the larger the country, and tax doesn’t scale in a 1:1 manner to its land mass.

Their policies on automated updates, garbage QA, and recall history are huge turnoffs. Oh, and attachments to Elon Musk.

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