Our economy literally forces companies to be evil. Once you do an IPO, you’re contractually obliged to be shitty in order to bring higher revenues.
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xenomor@lemmy.world 6 months agoThis seems to happen every time a technology company grows beyond some threshold of size/market share/revenue. I can’t think of a single exception.
SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
Crow@mander.xyz 6 months ago
Not just the stock market but i’m pretty sure it’s a legal precedent that companies must prioritize shareholders over anyone else.
bcnelson@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Valve has done a pretty good job. Probably because of their ownership model
TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Valve is still a private company. If they ever made an IPO then they would be screwed.