[-] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 75 points 1 month ago

How about banning them entirely.

[-] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 77 points 1 month ago

Last I read, Microsoft had $80 billion in cash on hand. I'm pretty sure they have the resources to run whatever the fuck they want.

[-] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 86 points 1 month ago

"Are you don't yet? Why aren't you done yet? Help me update infinite plans that will be outdated in a week. Also, I just promised a bunch of stuff... all that stuff we already promised, I think you can do that faster."

When I was a dev, I once had a PM with no technical skills that decided he would "learn to program to help catch us up"... He did not succeed.

[-] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 66 points 2 months ago

Jesus. Why can't they make whistle blowers anonymous?

[-] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 73 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Messages went from $.05, to $.10, to $.20 to send and receive. That was in the span of three years. All of the companies said it wasn't collision. They just happened to arrive upon massive increases separately.

If I recall, one of the CEOs said "We're raising the prices to save customers money. This way they'll be an unlimited plan"

The telcos should have been broken up then. Instead we've seen even more mergers.

  • Edit: forgot to include the years. This was in the U.S. circa 2005-2008. Telcos have moved onto other sleezy practices now.*
[-] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 79 points 3 months ago

Feels like that blatant violation should be prison time for anyone involved.

[-] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 74 points 3 months ago

We do stings in restaurants (for servering underagers) all the time. The fines are significant for the server and the restaurant. I wish they would do stings on mechanics, dentists, and most importantly health care. Wrongfully denied claims should be devastating to the company.

[-] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 77 points 3 months ago

My family has mocked me my whole life for being lazy because of my sleep schedule. "The day is wasting," "I've already done xyz before you've had your breakfast," "Gee AlternatePersonMan, it's 11am nice of you to join us." They snicker and shake their heads.

I have kids now and only finally got diagnosed when my daughter struggled with sleep the same way I do. Huge eye opener. I had no idea this was ADHD related until a few months ago. It's crazy how many issues there are that aren't 'focus' specific.

[-] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 83 points 5 months ago

By law, anything should be a one click to cancel service, instead of the maze they send you through.

Xbox live, gyms, etc.

[-] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 72 points 6 months ago

I feel this in my soul.

Still better than the open office concept though. It's like it was designed to be cruel and stupid.

[-] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 68 points 11 months ago

They are already openly corrupt. Term limits would result in younger candidates in touch with this century. Lobbyists would also have to bribe new people. It might also break up the ridiculous 100% party voting.

Not to mention help with our Supreme Court problems. Randomly giving appointments that last decades to whoever is president in at the time is insane.

I really don't think we have that many competent elected officials anyway.

Yes, eliminating gerrymandering and citizens united would be more effective, but I wouldn't kick term limits out of bed.

[-] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 65 points 11 months ago

I can't fathom having the power to save our at least change millions of lives...but instead choose to leech more wealth from the people that need it most. And systematically make the world worse. It's a sickness.

There are no good billionaires.

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