Comment on Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoIn case it wasn’t clear, companies will gladly kill you if it pads their bottom line. Their only principle is “make more money”.
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Mainly just the megacorps, which most of us don’t work for.
Sitting a manager’s meeting, we had a choice. Do the thing that would cost our customers more, and bring us more profit, or do the moral thing. Customers were basically trapped, would have had to suck it up. After taking our input, the VP said, “Well… Guess we gotta do the right thing.”
My last job saw our CEO telling the board he intended to lose money over the next two years in order to build up our staff and products. The board applauded him. We fucked around and made a profit anyway. :)
Wish we had the moral fortitude to not work for these megacorps. Hell, even a strike could bring them to their knees overnight. Keep in mind, we’re so efficient now, “just in time” delivery and such, that a week-long strike would be devastating. Remember how fucking up the supply chain during COVID rattled downstream for a couple of years?