▲ 1404 ▼ Big Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would have (sopuli.xyz) submitted 3 years ago by salarua@sopuli.xyz to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 227 comments fedilink hide all child comments Meta Platforms. X Corp. tell me those aren't straight from a strangely prescient cyberpunk classic
[–] Zink@programming.dev 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) I could absolutely see a not-too-distant future where competitors of megacorps have their assets attacked by the government’s military. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mpeach45@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) This has already happened many times. It’s just that those “competitors” are usually referred to as “ordinary people.” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zink@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago Sad upvote. I was thinking more as a mundane mechanism to gain market share though, not necessarily punishment or collateral damage. …but I guess it applies even then. Sigh. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mpeach45@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) This has already happened many times. It’s just that those “competitors” are usually referred to as “ordinary people.” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zink@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago Sad upvote. I was thinking more as a mundane mechanism to gain market share though, not necessarily punishment or collateral damage. …but I guess it applies even then. Sigh. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zink@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago Sad upvote. I was thinking more as a mundane mechanism to gain market share though, not necessarily punishment or collateral damage. …but I guess it applies even then. Sigh. permalink fedilink source parent