Platforms want to be utilities, self-govern like empires

Re:Platforms want to be utilities, self-govern like empires by wutbrodo on Monday August 23, 2021 @10:55AM (#28276729)

Or, spare yourself the histrionics and work for one of the hundreds of SV companies that don't build megascale ad-supported services?

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Re:Platforms want to be utilities, self-govern like empires by websites2023 on Monday August 23, 2021 @05:09PM (#28281991)

I already do, but I can’t shake the feeling that it’s all bound up together and there are no choices I could make that mitigate the deleterious effects the industry has.

You’re free to label that histrionics, but I’m the one who has to face myself in the mirror.

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Re:Platforms want to be utilities, self-govern like empires by srswtf123 on Monday August 23, 2021 @10:05PM (#28284381)

For what it’s worth, I made the same decision several years ago. I am 110% happier! I can look at myself in the mirror and feel good again.

For me it wasn’t just tech though; its all of corporate America. I just can’t take the lack of humanity, empathy, kindness. Nor can I take the useless work, endless, pointless posturing, forced “fun” activities, and the general dishonesty.

I weep for what we’ve done and the awful future that awaits. All this is probably histrionic too. But like you, I’d rather be able to look myself in the mirror, and get a good nights sleep.

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