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Re:We mourn our craft by sumedh on Sunday February 08, 2026 @03:50AM (#46932567)
> Where our platforms are controlled by power hungry megacorporations and our software is over-engineered garbage.

So similar to IBM in the 80s. Time for a scrappy little startup to disrupt the industry.

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Re:We mourn our craft by Levitating on Sunday February 08, 2026 @08:17AM (#46933950)
> So similar to IBM in the 80s

In 1980 IBM earned 3.56 billion dollars[1] (15 adjusted for inflation). Apple earned 416.16 billion in 2025, Alphabet 402.8 billion.

[1]: https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/17/business/earnings-ibm-net...

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