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it still boggles my mind how naive people in the tech industry are, they fall for the same trick again and again over the course of decades. Same people who fel
by ren_engineer 5y ago
it still boggles my mind how naive people in the tech industry are, they fall for the same trick again and again over the course of decades. Same people who fell for Google's "don't be evil" and Google pretending to be better than the Evil Empire Microsoft are now shocked that Apple was really only in business for money from the start and the privacy stuff was just a marketing gimmick
- mekal 5y agoThat's a little cynical though don't you think? Couldn't it be that they were sincere in the beginning but over time, company culture changes, the original founders move on/retire/die/etc and pressure from government, lobbyists, etc add up. I guess its the same result in the end.