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While the Internet never forgets, I find people's memory to be fairly fickle.
by dontblink 5y ago
While the Internet never forgets, I find people's memory to be fairly fickle.
- donmcronald 5y agoI could be wrong, but it sure seems like there are a couple of upcoming generations that can’t afford houses that will “cancel” some of these companies at the drop of a hat. I think we’ll eventually hit a tipping point where the economic realities of what’s been going on for the last 3-4 decades will suddenly become the focus of the majority and big companies will have no good will to defend themselves.
- ojbyrne 5y agoYour anger reminds me of how many people (including me) felt about m$ft in the nineties. I predict similar results.
- cheschire 5y agoOr how AT&T was broken up and has successfully acquired most of that back and then some. People don’t remember, and let these things continue to happen.
- donmcronald 5y agoIn the 90s they price gouged us. This time they're price gouging us AND trying to eliminate our ability to own anything. 30 years ago you could keep your head down, go to work, and today you own a house. It's not the same this time. In 20 more years there'll be 2+ generations of people that have worked for over 20 years and don't own any assets.
- paulcole 5y agoThe internet definitely forgets or HN wouldn’t have rehashed the same 11 discussions every day for the past decade.
- skinkestek 5y agoI'd see that rather as evidence. We are having the same discussions because we are not forgetting. That said they also change over time. I used to be on one side of the discussion in two different discussions, now I am on the other side. Same goes for a number of others it seems.