salarua@sopuli.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoBig Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would havemessage-squaremessage-square229fedilinkarrow-up11.4Karrow-down115file-text
arrow-up11.39Karrow-down1message-squareBig Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would havesalarua@sopuli.xyz to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square229fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months agoI 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-up3·10 months agoThis has already happened many times. It’s just that those “competitors” are usually referred to as “ordinary people.”
minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoSad 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.