@deprecated_ii How much money are they really saving with this? It goes without saying it can't be worth gutting our entire domestic tech sector
also, cutting labor costs is just about the only way most companies can increase profits at this point, for various reasons. big investors demand more returns next quarter, only way to make it happen is to lay off a few thousand people
the market will not correct any of this, it's up to the government and the government wants it to happen
if your investment fund controls the company and all 3 competitors as well, there's no competition so I think that's why
obviously systems can't just keep getting more efficient forever, but that's what wall street demands
@deprecated_ii @PraxisOfEvil @WandererUber I posit software is actually moving in the opposite direction. Previously efficient tools are being turned into time sinks due to valuing 'user engagement' to hoover up as much data as possible on users and lock them in walled gardens. Neither are good for humanity, in my opinion.
So if we ever get the chance, let's just do that.
@deprecated_ii @RegalBeagle @PraxisOfEvil @WandererUber Is almost as if the anti-monopoli laws were a good thing
they can break up corp's all they want like they did with Standard Oil, but if you don't change the board it just a rebranding
@xenodemon @deprecated_ii @PraxisOfEvil @WandererUber We've collectively stopped keeping track of how many startups Facebook, Amazon, and Alphabet have gobbled up over the years.
Getting bought by one of them is the tech startup business plan...
@xenodemon @deprecated_ii @PraxisOfEvil @WandererUber
large organizations are inherently very inefficient but they can simply kill the efficient small time competitors that pop up so it doesn't matter. this is one of the reasons most megacorporations should be forcibly broken up