• swlabr@awful.systems
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    8 months ago

    Oh for sure. Another way to think about that is: they actually are honestly and genuinely trying to help humanity with their inventions and so forth, except for them “humanity” is just the wallet of whoever is bankrolling them.

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      8 months ago

      oh they can be 100% sincere about their humanitarian ideals. But investor RTO, need for revenue streams to cover expenses, general market forces - these will always outstrip and determine the final cause of a company. Ideals don’t matter, eventually, at most, PR in the service of expanding market share, intentionally or not.