#företag

guerrillatech:

futureevilscientist:

algorithmist:

I would like to thank Tesla for making me aware of all the work that goes into engineering cars that I have for all my life taken for granted

letsplaysocialjustice:

sapphixxx:

I think like, the death of Vine and Rabbit, Wikipedia constantly needing to beg for money, Discord depending so heavily on venture capital, Facebook turning towards spying on users to generate a return on all the venture capital that got them started, Adobe creative suite turning into a subscription rather than a single product you buy, the strangulation of streaming entertainment as every company pulls their content and makes it exclusive to their service, are all great examples of how like, it really doesn’t matter if something is legitimately useful, efficient, or beloved, it is next to impossible for a service to exist if it doesn’t make shareholders increasing amounts of money year after year. Which may seem like a “no duh” type of statement, but it’s a very simple window into how the profit motive makes products and services worse, not better. And how that’s not just a matter of certain companies or ceos being bad and greedy on an individual level, but is an inescapable factor of an economy where existence is dependent on generating capital.

absolutely, continued growth is not sustainable, but the only way we measure a company’s success is based on growth. there is no point where these companies go ‘we’re making enough money now, perhaps we can put excess profit back into the product (whatever that product may be)’

instead, it goes down the route of cutting services, cutting workers and strangling the userbase for every little bit of profit they can squeeze out for their shareholders in the name of “growth”

until, inevitably, the product becomes unrecognisable, goes from beloved to hated, and the userbase moves onto a new, rising product that suits their needs better… only for the process to repeat again

mywitchcultblr:

morepopcornplease:

saywhat-politics:

Hawley introducing measure to strip Disney of copyright protections

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced legislation on Tuesday that would strip “woke corporations like Disney” of special protections enabling companies to hold copyright material for decades.

The Copyright Clause Restoration Act would limit copyrighted material to 56 years and apply the new rule retroactively, meaning Disney and other companies could immediately lose some copyright protections if the law were passed.

The measure is the latest Republican attack on Disney, which last month was stripped of its self-governing status at its amusement park in Orlando, Fla., after Gov. Ron DeSantis took issue with the media company for speaking out against the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, which prohibits the discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten through third grade.

Hawley’s bill goes after Disney’s long-running list of iconic characters stretching from Mickey Mouse to Marvel superheroes.

Hawley said in a press release that “the age of Republican handouts to Big Business is over.”