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Big Tech companies are finally getting the names we thought dystopian megacorps would have (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Meta Platforms. X Corp. tell me those aren't straight from a strangely prescient cyberpunk classic

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I could absolutely see a not-too-distant future where competitors of megacorps have their assets attacked by the government’s military.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This has already happened many times. It’s just that those “competitors” are usually referred to as “ordinary people.”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year 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.