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Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by jjav on Friday March 31, 2023 @04:54PM (#35393503)
> Unfortunately, the term “tech” has become diluted to the point of worthlessness.

Indeed. Nearly every so-called "tech" company is not actually in the business of selling technology products, so they aren't really tech companies.

Of course they create technology (sometimes very nice ones) internally in support of their actual business, but tech isn't the business the company board cares about.

Netflix is a movie production and distribution company. Google and Facebook are advertising companies. At least Apple is an actual tech company.

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Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by paulddraper on Friday March 31, 2023 @05:17PM (#35393784)
Google and Facebook are Ad Tech.

I can sort of see your point with Netflix moving into content creation, but only sort of.

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Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by matt-attack on Sunday April 02, 2023 @11:07AM (#35411290)
Wrong. Google and Facebook would be Ad Tech companies if they sold the ad tech. Instead they use the ad tech to sell ads. So I think it’s more accurate to call them ad companies.
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Re:Where have all the laid-off tech workers gone? by nextaccountic on Saturday April 01, 2023 @04:35AM (#35398455)
Google has Android (and produces Pixel phones), Chrome OS, it actually sells technology products
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