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The Evil List

28 points by johncena33 5y ago

ksec 5y ago
Title should be "The Evil List, Which tech companies are really doing the most harm?". Strange Amazon is number 1.
- manuelabeledo 5y ago
  I guess high tech weapon makers aren't as evil as Amazon/s
manuelabeledo 5y ago
Why the editorialisation? This is a list of supposedly "evil" tech companies.
- Gigablah 5y ago
  Hint: look at his submission history.
  - moasda 5y ago
    Great hint, the list is very biased.
    - ladyanita22 5y ago
      I believe our friend has a particular issue with one company and send to heavily favor another one. May it be that some companies are hiring bots or something to improve their online presence and worsen its competitors'?
  - davidweatherall 5y ago
    Interestingly he also seems to post semi-positively about Amazon [0], but then posts this list as an anti-Google piece, which happens to rank Amazon at #1 most evil [0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30130842 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30130842
johnNumen 5y ago
This list is absurd for two reasons. First, it tunnel visions on tech companies without having the self awareness to note that most of the things it criticizes these companies for are shared by all capitalist enterprise. Just look at the list of evils committed by Amazon. Poor working conditions? Cutthroat competition? Seeking taxpayer subsidies? Manipulating the tax code to achieve a lower bill? Working closely with the government? Kowtowing to China? How on earth are any of these things unique to Amazon or tech? And the second flaw is resultant from Slate being a propaganda outlet for big city liberals--absolutely no mention of the campaign of Democrat supported free speech suppression that these platforms have embarked on.
- zbobet2012 5y ago
  Also it tends to ignore it minimize things like: Child slavery Cancer research suppression Climate change research suppression Massive pollution Inciting war for profit Etc. That actual companies do today that are genuinely and knowingly evil.
twomoonsbysurf 5y ago
seanhunter 5y ago
IBM, with a documented history of helping the Third Reich carry out one of the most staggering acts of evil in all of human history[1], is near the bottom of this list. Microsoft is higher up because of recent purchases of data-rich services. Someone needs to rethink their prioritization. [1] https://allthatsinteresting.com/ibm-nazis-ww2 https://allthatsinteresting.com/ibm-nazis-ww2
stereocodes 5y ago
airbnb is "evil" because individuals buy property in a city and use that property however they want. google is "evil" because they cut back on a meeting from once a week to once a month and restricted the meeting to a certain topic. Of all the things you could list google for being evil with, you choose that. I will be ignoring everything from slate.com from here on out.
mgh2 5y ago
Clickbait: Plants reader curiosity - what is the 1st and 2nd?

The Evil List

28 points by johncena33 5y ago

ksec 5y ago

Title should be "The Evil List, Which tech companies are really doing the most harm?". Strange Amazon is number 1.

manuelabeledo 5y ago
I guess high tech weapon makers aren't as evil as Amazon/s

manuelabeledo 5y ago

Why the editorialisation? This is a list of supposedly "evil" tech companies.

Gigablah 5y ago
Hint: look at his submission history.
- moasda 5y ago
  Great hint, the list is very biased.
  - ladyanita22 5y ago
    I believe our friend has a particular issue with one company and send to heavily favor another one. May it be that some companies are hiring bots or something to improve their online presence and worsen its competitors'?
- davidweatherall 5y ago
  Interestingly he also seems to post semi-positively about Amazon [0], but then posts this list as an anti-Google piece, which happens to rank Amazon at #1 most evil [0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30130842 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30130842

johnNumen 5y ago

This list is absurd for two reasons. First, it tunnel visions on tech companies without having the self awareness to note that most of the things it criticizes these companies for are shared by all capitalist enterprise. Just look at the list of evils committed by Amazon. Poor working conditions? Cutthroat competition? Seeking taxpayer subsidies? Manipulating the tax code to achieve a lower bill? Working closely with the government? Kowtowing to China? How on earth are any of these things unique to Amazon or tech? And the second flaw is resultant from Slate being a propaganda outlet for big city liberals--absolutely no mention of the campaign of Democrat supported free speech suppression that these platforms have embarked on.

zbobet2012 5y ago
Also it tends to ignore it minimize things like: Child slavery Cancer research suppression Climate change research suppression Massive pollution Inciting war for profit Etc. That actual companies do today that are genuinely and knowingly evil.

twomoonsbysurf 5y ago

seanhunter 5y ago

IBM, with a documented history of helping the Third Reich carry out one of the most staggering acts of evil in all of human history[1], is near the bottom of this list. Microsoft is higher up because of recent purchases of data-rich services. Someone needs to rethink their prioritization. [1] https://allthatsinteresting.com/ibm-nazis-ww2 https://allthatsinteresting.com/ibm-nazis-ww2

stereocodes 5y ago

airbnb is "evil" because individuals buy property in a city and use that property however they want. google is "evil" because they cut back on a meeting from once a week to once a month and restricted the meeting to a certain topic. Of all the things you could list google for being evil with, you choose that. I will be ignoring everything from slate.com from here on out.

mgh2 5y ago

Clickbait: Plants reader curiosity - what is the 1st and 2nd?