Government and major corporations are the exact same entity in the US.
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Geodad@lemm.ee 4 months agoMicrosoft literally had no choice.
lumony@lemmings.world 4 months ago
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Exactly. The real issue is the sanctions against Russia. Why those sanctions involve FOSS projects, I’ll never understand.
glitchdx@lemmy.world 4 months ago
when you’re a corporation with billions of dollars and US politicians cost millions on the high end, you can choose to do whatever you want.
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 4 months ago
“Microsoft continues to work with Russians despite sanctions due to ongoing war in Ukraine” is probably not a headline they want to see.
glitchdx@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Of course not, but can you say that it’s not convenient for them to stiffle foss alternatives to microsoft/apple/google software? many open source projects are at least partially made by russian developers.
kaidezee@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
It is still an unnecessary risk for them.
glitchdx@lemmy.world 4 months ago
true, but let’s not pretend that they were without agency in this decision and in decisions leading up to the current context.
kava@lemmy.world 4 months ago
When the big tech guys showed up to the inauguration and sat in the front row to pay tribute it was such a clear example of how capital always yields to authoritarians.