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Software pirates threatened corporations. Thus, the corporations paid the politicians handsomely to pursue them to literal ends of the Earth (Laos and Cambodia
by anoncoward111 8y ago
Software pirates threatened corporations. Thus, the corporations paid the politicians handsomely to pursue them to literal ends of the Earth (Laos and Cambodia for Gottfrid and Fredrik at Pirate Bay)
Robocallers just threaten consumers. Corporations truly could not care less, it seems.
- mattnewton 8y agoHeck, some of the biggest tech corporations run communications platforms; they don’t care if phones become an unusable toxic wasteland, they could probably benefit from people using their services more, as long as it doesn’t attract regulatory attention. I hope instead though some software companies treat this as a technical problem and sell solutions.
- awakeasleep 8y agoThe corporations profit from it. Robocalls are almost the majority of all calls made, and a huge chunk of the profits of all companies offering voice service.