Dude literally broke the law, and then settled to avoid paying for acquiring fees.
That sounds really tame compared to nowadays.
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KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
bill gates was like, one of the worst of the worst. Dude literally broke the law, and then settled to avoid paying for acquiring fees.
They have never been good.
lud@lemm.ee 4 months ago
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
it’s tame, except we’re talking like, literally stealing a piece of software or it’s design blatantly, settling, and then acquiring the rights in the settlement for much cheaper than they would at market rates.
lud@lemm.ee 4 months ago
It’s not his problem that they settled for so little though.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
he shouldn’t have broken the law in the first place, but that’s not the problem of the small business.
I mean there are literally three options here, purchase it from the business legally. Which costs shit tons of money, or steal it. And then deal with it after the fact, which is what they did, and it saved MS lots of money, while probably fucking yeeting the small business.
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Pretty sure that is a chapter in a Donald Trump book
Professorozone@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Was going to say this.
jabjoe@feddit.uk 4 months ago
Convicted monopolist. Slimy and dishonest: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRelVFm7iJE
His direct influence is in numerous places in the Horrorween Documents.
Screw that guy.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
yeah, it’s basically this kind of shit from every wealthy business man. Even the fabled Rockefeller was hated for the same reasons, dude controlled 80% of global/american oil refining and people still hated him, even though his product was the market leader.
jabjoe@feddit.uk 4 months ago
I think that is lack of competition regulation.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
yeah, it’s pretty common for any super aggressive business sector, they just completely vore the entire market sector in hopes of gaining total control, shits weird.