Pretty convincing explanation of why we should hold Silicon Valley morally accountable for their shitty management. As usual, Ed could have stood to be a little more Marxist; in particular, there is a reason why enshittification and rot naturally happens to companies as they age, and it’s precisely the tendency for profits to decline over time!

Bonus sneer: it got double-secret-shadow-banned on HN; here is the submission. Cowards.

  • Bear
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    -106 days ago

    Spicy take. Good tech commentary served alongside a steaming pile of disgusting political ideology from a sick and mad man.

    • @froztbyte
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      66 days ago

      remember your coat when you leave

      • @khalid_salad
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        96 days ago

        But even if we assume that this is the case, and even if there are a lot of people that simply don’t try [to learn new technology]…should companies really take advantage of them?

        DISGUSTING POLITICAL IDEOLOGY

        • @froztbyte
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          66 days ago

          just you wait until you hear about the scandalous lunch date I had with my political rivals

          (we had burgers)