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A tech company becomes dominant through underhanded tactics? Say it ain't so!
Kind of reads like Microsoft's rise to dominance. Good find!
Kind of reads like Microsoft's rise to dominance.
Microshit pioneered the strategy.
IBM could have done it more but they came from a time of laws not allowing that behaviour. So they just did not change with the times.
IBM was the biggest help to Microsoft and gave them that revolutionary contract.
Good thing Bill's mommy was on the board to make sure everything runs smoothly.
AT&T simply had the laws protect them from competition for 105 years.
If John Oliver's segment on Amazon was correct, then Amazon is much worse than Microsoft. Microsoft didn't force their employees to pee in bottles and work them ragged until they had severe burnout or became physically disabled.
Only psychopaths are capable of becoming billionaires.
Normal people would share or cut fair deals to those involved, as a society we need to say enough is enough and tax them so there is no such thing as a billionaire.
I hope Lina Kahn stays on for many, many years 🥹
If billionaires are afraid of you, you must be doing something right