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• glitchdx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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.

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  • NikkiDimes@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    “Microsoft continues to work with Russians despite sanctions due to ongoing war in Ukraine” is probably not a headline they want to see.

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    • glitchdx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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.

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  • kaidezee@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    It is still an unnecessary risk for them.

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    • glitchdx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      true, but let’s not pretend that they were without agency in this decision and in decisions leading up to the current context.

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      • kava@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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.

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• lumony@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Government and major corporations are the exact same entity in the US.

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Exactly. The real issue is the sanctions against Russia. Why those sanctions involve FOSS projects, I’ll never understand.

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