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tja, in Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says tech leaders are 'pretending to be Republicans' to gain favor with Trump, skirt antitrust laws, and ultimately 'rip off consumers and crush competitors'
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Well yeah, they are pretending to be Republicans as much as they were pretending to be Democrats before.

They are billionaires. The only thing they care about is money. And maybe not getting shot.

misterdoctor,
lnxtx, in Zuckerberg whines about Apple
@lnxtx@feddit.nl avatar

Who cares?

baggachipz,

I thought it was a good read about the current state of technology, so I posted it in a technology community.

Fuck me, right?

AshMan85, in Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says tech leaders are 'pretending to be Republicans' to gain favor with Trump, skirt antitrust laws, and ultimately 'rip off consumers and crush competitors'

that is not pretending.

YerbaYerba,

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.

rottingleaf, in Lenovo Makes Rollable OLED Screens a Laptop Reality

I want a laptop with a trackpoint, keyboard with good (like Model M) key travel and resistance (and water resilience too), color e-ink display (preferably 5:4 or 4:3 screen ratio) with good refresh rate, everything removable, 5G modem, GPIO, additional SSD slot, good set and amount of interfaces (not an Apple fan), and - important - chassis and hinges not made of shit.

Just in case somebody from Lenovo is lurking here.

tacosanonymous, in How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads | TechCrunch

Is the process different from it was in 2015?

jaybone,

Now you must sacrifice your first born.

NoForwardslashS, in Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says tech leaders are 'pretending to be Republicans' to gain favor with Trump, skirt antitrust laws, and ultimately 'rip off consumers and crush competitors'

The list of companies not sucking the gross orange ding dong is getting mighty small. I was not expecting Epic to be on that list.

Phineaz,

That did surprise me as well. I might need to readjust my opinion of him.

False,

Tencent owns epic and was just put on a list of Chinese military companies which is probably bad for him

SkavarSharraddas, (edited ) in Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says tech leaders are 'pretending to be Republicans' to gain favor with Trump, skirt antitrust laws, and ultimately 'rip off consumers and crush competitors'

Also why they (Musk especially visibly amongst them) try to destabilize the EU - the possibly most effective consumer protection organization that messes with their bottom line.

edit: Just saw another example: https://www.politico.eu/article/zuckerberg-urges-trump-to-stop-eu-from-screwing-with-fining-us-tech-companies/

kibiz0r, in How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads | TechCrunch

Oh hey, good reminder. The one upside to the fact that my FB account continually revived itself while I was using my Quest 2 is that now I can delete my account (for the last time, I hope) as part of a widespread protest instead of a one-off annoyance.

dogsnest, in Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says tech leaders are 'pretending to be Republicans' to gain favor with Trump, skirt antitrust laws, and ultimately 'rip off consumers and crush competitors'
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Obvious is obvious.

TimeSquirrel, in Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says tech leaders are 'pretending to be Republicans' to gain favor with Trump, skirt antitrust laws, and ultimately 'rip off consumers and crush competitors'
@TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org avatar

Pretending? The upper class of capitalists have always favored the right. They'll allow the milquetoast Dems but lock out people like Bernie just to make it look like there's political choice.

Soulifix, in Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says tech leaders are 'pretending to be Republicans' to gain favor with Trump, skirt antitrust laws, and ultimately 'rip off consumers and crush competitors'

I'm not buying it.

They still ripped off consumers and crushed competitors even when Trump wasn't president and even when Republicans didn't have control of the Senate/House. Fucking bullshit of top-tier level.

snekerpimp, in Zuckerberg whines about Apple

Oooo who has more money to throw at chancellor trump to make sure their business becomes the Brawndo of the new age???

sunzu2, in Zuckerberg whines about Apple

Jfc Christ jow many more months of fake news letting know that we got a new oligarch clan in in charge...

Hey pedons say hi to the new boss, same as old boss, take your pants off.

Gammelfisch, in Tencent says it's not a Chinese military company and is willing to sue the US Department of Defense if it isn't removed from a blacklist

I agree with the US DoD. The large Chinese corporations are owned by CCP members and former PLA officers. Contain them until the PRC implodes.

CharmOffensive,

Given the way things are going, the US will implode long before China does.

vaultdweller013,

If the US goes China goes, the trade links are comparable to the late bronze age which ended when the trade links collapsed.

holo,

So all veteran owned businesses in the US are extensions of the US military?

vaultdweller013,

Like thats not a bad idea from an international perspective, there are plenty of folks who maintain connections and may or may not be at minimum an annoyance. Though I also feel like American culture is mercantile and independent enough that such risks are generally minimized, except from so called Christian companies those sons of bitches always have a secondary goal beyond profits.

Valmond, in Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says tech leaders are 'pretending to be Republicans' to gain favor with Trump, skirt antitrust laws, and ultimately 'rip off consumers and crush competitors'

That post about /technology not being about technology.jpg

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