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I don't understand why people gets surprised over and over again when a megacorp does it's megacorp thing. Corporations are not people, they will do whatever it

I don't understand why people gets surprised over and over again when a megacorp does it's megacorp thing. Corporations are not people, they will do whatever it takes to play in their best interest. Especially large corporations. They can sell you the dream of x but if they feel like it, they will kill that dream faster than you will be able to wake up.

ironmagma 5y ago
There’s frequently a difference between outrage and surprise.
- trutannus 5y ago
  I still don't see why there's outrage. It's a silly think to be outraged over something predictable. This sort of thing is. It's like being outraged over a mosquito biting you.
  - danparsonson 5y ago
    There is at least some non-zero chance that widespread expressions of outrage can encourage even megacorps to change direction - the same cannot be said of mosquitoes. The latter are expressing their immutable core nature, whereas the core nature of the former is the aggregate effect of the behaviour of a collection of human beings and therefore subject to change.
    - bitwize 5y ago
      Megacorps change their nature about as well as mosquitoes do. Don't anthropomorphize the lawnmower. Now what corporations do do (sometimes quite well) is make superficial changes to avoid bad PR. But if you really want them to change their nature you must use a very blunt instrument -- government regulation.
      - ironmagma 5y ago
        Yes, and how will government regulation appear? Just randomly, for no reason?
  - nobodyandproud 5y ago
    Outrage leads to action and keeps some bad behavior in line. We are creatures of emotion stirred action by said emotions.
  - matheusmoreira 5y ago
    > It's like being outraged over a mosquito biting you. ... I can't be the only one, can I?
quaffapint 5y ago
The surprising part I guess is that originally it seemed like the foundation for them was to market goodwill. Now it seems like that wasn't the goal after all, but to more be able to control/takeover these projects. I guess now that I write that, yea, I shouldn't be surprised.
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ironmagma 5y ago

There’s frequently a difference between outrage and surprise.

trutannus 5y ago
I still don't see why there's outrage. It's a silly think to be outraged over something predictable. This sort of thing is. It's like being outraged over a mosquito biting you.
- danparsonson 5y ago
  There is at least some non-zero chance that widespread expressions of outrage can encourage even megacorps to change direction - the same cannot be said of mosquitoes. The latter are expressing their immutable core nature, whereas the core nature of the former is the aggregate effect of the behaviour of a collection of human beings and therefore subject to change.
  - bitwize 5y ago
    Megacorps change their nature about as well as mosquitoes do. Don't anthropomorphize the lawnmower. Now what corporations do do (sometimes quite well) is make superficial changes to avoid bad PR. But if you really want them to change their nature you must use a very blunt instrument -- government regulation.
    - ironmagma 5y ago
      Yes, and how will government regulation appear? Just randomly, for no reason?
- nobodyandproud 5y ago
  Outrage leads to action and keeps some bad behavior in line. We are creatures of emotion stirred action by said emotions.
- matheusmoreira 5y ago
  > It's like being outraged over a mosquito biting you. ... I can't be the only one, can I?

quaffapint 5y ago

The surprising part I guess is that originally it seemed like the foundation for them was to market goodwill. Now it seems like that wasn't the goal after all, but to more be able to control/takeover these projects. I guess now that I write that, yea, I shouldn't be surprised.

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