Comment on Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’

MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  i agree with what you’re saying from an ethical standpoint.

  but it’s not “an issue”, it’s a huge fucking client of theirs. from a business standpoint its a huge ask to fire a whole military as a customer.

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  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Surely there’s an option between “drop major client” and “punish the person pointing out problems”

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    • meliaesc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Disrupting a meeting like that was always going to end in getting fired.

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      • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        It didn’t have to. You only expect it to because there’s a history of companies being shitty.

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      • Psycoder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Not only will they fire her, they will also be less willing to hire other Palestinians in the future.

        I don’t know about Microsoft but a FAANG company I worked for had very well documented means of raising ethical or legal issues within the company. She just violated her employment contract and possibly her NDA with the company by doing this.

        I don’t mean to say she is right/wrong. It is just that she did not follow the guidelines of the company she works for. Therefore she will be fired even if she is right/wrong.

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    • Bloomcole@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      So a choice between money and ethics.
      There is never any question which one companies choose.
      Certainly not the one with a carreer in scumbaggery.

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      • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        My point was that there are plenty of other options.

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  • Saleh@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    “We cant stop selling to war criminals. They are among our biggest customers.”

    Sounds more like a company that needs to be dismantled and have their leadership face prison sentences. Given the size of Microsoft they could take the hit economically w.o. much hassle. They dont have to be evil. They want to be evil. And we need to punish them for it by boycotting their shit as much as possible.

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  • GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Can’t help but think of this book wrt your comment en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust

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• SilentObserver@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I wish that were the case. But I doubt most people will ditch Windows. They’ll just pony up for a new computer. They’ll certainly lose some users. But Windows will still remain as top dog, most likely. And I doubt that’ll ever change so long as traditional desktop computers and laptops still exist.

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  • morrowind@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Windows isn’t the issue here. The war profiteering is coming from the AI and cloud divisions

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    • SilentObserver@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Ok cool. But I was replying to the comment regarding Microsoft forcing new computers on people. So no need for the correction.

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• zarkanian@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I’m surprised they didn’t call her an antisemite.

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