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Re:NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliate... by mbesto on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @03:08PM (#35545066)
> "Tech" is a fairly broad category that includes both computer hardware and computer software

No it doesn't. That's my point. Tech isn't an industry or a category. It's an operating model. The delineation of it being an industry adds nothing of value to any discussion because its so ill-defined.

> But when people talk about media companies, they're talking about NBC

Guess what...NBC merged with Comcast and Comcast is a telecomm company, which guess what...distributes media.

> Panasonic.

Panasonic is a hardware manufacturer...

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Re:NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliate... by AnthonyMouse on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @03:24PM (#35545327)
> Guess what...NBC merged with Comcast and Comcast is a telecomm company, which guess what...distributes media.

Alice is a lawyer and Bob is a doctor and a lawyer. Why would that imply that Alice is a doctor?

> Panasonic is a hardware manufacturer...

And Twitter is a communications service.

They're not in the same line of business as the entities that employ reporters.

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Re:NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliate... by mbesto on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @03:34PM (#35545492)
> Twitter is a communications service.

Ok so they're not a tech company. Glad we solved that. /handshake-emoji/

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Re:NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliate... by AnthonyMouse on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @04:13PM (#35546087)
A communications service that operates using internet servers to run code they wrote... is a tech company.
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Re:NPR quits Twitter after being labeled as 'state-affiliate... by mbesto on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @05:40PM (#35547364)
So any company that uses internet servers to run code they wrote is a tech company? John Deere wrote the firmware on the machinery they sold to farmers that connects to a server on software they wrote. Are they a tech company?
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