Big Tech has already made enough money in 2024 to pay all its 2023 fines

Re:Big Tech has already made enough money in 2024 to pay all... by chiefalchemist on Monday January 08, 2024 @09:08AM (#38912091)

> Tech is supposed to fuck prices up. Google once upon a time did it for email, chat, video, search etc. I don't see why it can't happen with everything. We need grand goals not just how to add 6 more cameras into another fucking phone.

Which raises the question: Are these actually tech companies? Or simply 21st Century advertising (platform) companies - dependant on technology - whose primary goal is to exploit human nature for profit?

Abandon the idea that these are still tech companies and the world makes more sense (and gets more dystopian).

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Re:Big Tech has already made enough money in 2024 to pay all... by kevindamm on Monday January 08, 2024 @09:22AM (#38912263)

There are tech companies and there are tech startups. They behave differently, and it gets incredibly hard to remain a startup when the employee headcount is in 5-6 figures. The ability to f-* prices up is more a startup thing, imo. I think these large tech companies are, as you say, something different now.

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