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Not just that, but Microsoft's reputation is in the process of taking a nose dive over its human rights record https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/06/mi

Not just that, but Microsoft's reputation is in the process of taking a nose dive over its human rights record https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/06/microsoft-israeli-military-palestinian-phone-calls-cloud https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/06/microsoft-isra...

pfisch 1y ago
Nobody even knows about this, no one thinks "Microsoft, hell no, they are a key player in the gaza conflict." No one really associates human rights with Microsoft's reputation. That is the domain of Palantir, Meta, etc.
- 1attice 1y ago
  as a former MSFT employee (who quit for reasons, well before the layoffs) I am not permitted to disparage or portray my former employer in a negative light. I'm just mentioning this for no reason whatsoever. It popped into my head, for some reason.
  - jjani 1y ago
    For life? How can you be bound by this? Unless you sold yourself out for an extra month pay.
  - unethical_ban 1y ago
    That seems literally illegal, unless the disparagement would reference specific, classified programs.
  - mikestew 1y ago
    As a former MSFT employee who disparages Microsoft on a regular basis, I ask: ‘dafuq did you get that idea?
  - not_a_bot_4sho 1y ago
    I'm also a former employee but based in the US where such things are illegal. In what country are you bound by clauses like that? I've never heard Microsoft doing something like that before.
- mperham 1y ago
  I guess you speak for everyone? I very much do look very negatively on Microsoft as a collaborator with modern fascist regimes, along with Meta, Palantir, X, etc.
- pbhjpbhj 1y ago
  What about Apple there? Bringing golden offerings to their god-king and so supporting the further corruption of the regime. One of the few with the power/money to stand against them instead kneeling before Trump like a teen beauty pageant hopeful.
- BlueTemplar 1y ago
  Yet. How do you think Meta acquired that reputation ?
coryrc 1y ago
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- lurk2 1y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillehammer_affair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillehammer_affair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavon_Affair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavon_Affair
  - coryrc 1y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Syphilis_Study https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Syphilis_Study https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden https://www.cracked.com/article_23358_the-6-ballsiest-moments-in-history-american-espionage.html https://www.cracked.com/article_23358_the-6-ballsiest-moment... Err, don't know what you're suggesting.
    - lurk2 1y ago
      > Err, don't know what you're suggesting. You do.
specproc 1y ago
Like IBM in the forties.
meta_ai_x 1y ago
nothingburger
1234letshaveatw 1y ago
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gamblor956 1y ago
That's true of most of tech in general, these days. You have to pick your poison now.
- BlueTemplar 1y ago
  You really don't have to. And as a developer you have the option to go for otherwise trickier alternatives, like not using iOS nor Android. But of course someone that uses the word 'tech' for a tiny subset of it might not see that...

pfisch 1y ago

Nobody even knows about this, no one thinks "Microsoft, hell no, they are a key player in the gaza conflict." No one really associates human rights with Microsoft's reputation. That is the domain of Palantir, Meta, etc.

1attice 1y ago
as a former MSFT employee (who quit for reasons, well before the layoffs) I am not permitted to disparage or portray my former employer in a negative light. I'm just mentioning this for no reason whatsoever. It popped into my head, for some reason.
- jjani 1y ago
  For life? How can you be bound by this? Unless you sold yourself out for an extra month pay.
- unethical_ban 1y ago
  That seems literally illegal, unless the disparagement would reference specific, classified programs.
- mikestew 1y ago
  As a former MSFT employee who disparages Microsoft on a regular basis, I ask: ‘dafuq did you get that idea?
- not_a_bot_4sho 1y ago
  I'm also a former employee but based in the US where such things are illegal. In what country are you bound by clauses like that? I've never heard Microsoft doing something like that before.
mperham 1y ago
I guess you speak for everyone? I very much do look very negatively on Microsoft as a collaborator with modern fascist regimes, along with Meta, Palantir, X, etc.
pbhjpbhj 1y ago
What about Apple there? Bringing golden offerings to their god-king and so supporting the further corruption of the regime. One of the few with the power/money to stand against them instead kneeling before Trump like a teen beauty pageant hopeful.
BlueTemplar 1y ago
Yet. How do you think Meta acquired that reputation ?

coryrc 1y ago

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lurk2 1y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillehammer_affair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillehammer_affair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavon_Affair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavon_Affair
- coryrc 1y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Syphilis_Study https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Syphilis_Study https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Dresden https://www.cracked.com/article_23358_the-6-ballsiest-moments-in-history-american-espionage.html https://www.cracked.com/article_23358_the-6-ballsiest-moment... Err, don't know what you're suggesting.
  - lurk2 1y ago
    > Err, don't know what you're suggesting. You do.

specproc 1y ago

Like IBM in the forties.

meta_ai_x 1y ago

nothingburger

1234letshaveatw 1y ago

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gamblor956 1y ago

That's true of most of tech in general, these days. You have to pick your poison now.

BlueTemplar 1y ago
You really don't have to. And as a developer you have the option to go for otherwise trickier alternatives, like not using iOS nor Android. But of course someone that uses the word 'tech' for a tiny subset of it might not see that...