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Interesting to read in context of the fact that public sentiment surveys suggest there is no “techlash” at all.
by shuckles 7y ago
Interesting to read in context of the fact that public sentiment surveys suggest there is no “techlash” at all.
- zadkey 7y agoI agree. It kind of feels like the media is pushing a "techlash" narrative where there is none.
- zadkey 7y agoOverly large companies wield disproportionately large amounts of influence in our lives and probably should be regulated more. But that disproportionate influence doesn't mean "tech" is the root cause. There shouldn't be a backlash against tech companies specifically, but really companies that are overly large and use and abuse their power and position in ways that benefit shareholders in ways that are severely detrimental the common good. Such as limiting competition, influencing and manipulating legislation, ensuring people have no other options and then raising prices exponentially, selling your data to the highest bidder, etc.
- majos 7y agoCan you provide a pointer to such surveys? In my head the popularity of articles bashing tech companies is out of proportion to people's patronage of those same companies, but numbers would be nice.