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Re:Firefox 90 by grumpyprole on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @05:11PM (#27826371)
Actually much of the "hardware advances" were engineered with public money: internet, GPS, GSM, GPRS, battery, touchscreen etc. Big tech certainly takes more than it gives back in taxes. Even worse, some are polluting the planet with their unrepairable e-waste.
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Re:Firefox 90 by systemvoltage on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @06:45PM (#27827163)
I am pretty much as anti-big-tech as it can get, but I can't lie to myself: YouTube has improved the world tremendously and provided me with tens of thousands of dollars of value. I cannot even fathom.
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Re:Firefox 90 by grumpyprole on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @01:52AM (#27830089)
Yes, I like YouTube, but it was great even before Google bought it. Now it does come with privacy concerns. Luckily, there are other similar offerings.
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Re:Firefox 90 by bennysomething on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @06:21AM (#27831462)
Those things where invented with public money yes. But Moore's law wouldn't have been a thing without profit incentive.
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