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1071 points mtlynch | 2 comments | | HN request time: 0.494s | source
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marklubi ◴[] No.39398429[source]
So good to see some actual Startup News on here. I miss the old days of this site when things were more optimistic and less click-bait.
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BadHumans[dead post] ◴[] No.39398477[source]
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abfan1127 ◴[] No.39398507[source]
in what sense is it getting worse? While there may be local minima, I'd argue that its the best its ever been. News has always been pessimistic because negative emotions are easier to trigger to drive attention which pays the bills.
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spencerflem ◴[] No.39398529[source]
Whether the world as a whole is getting worse is debatable, but I think it's very clear that tech companies are
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WrongAssumption ◴[] No.39398662[source]
Is it clear? Microsoft of old? IBM of old? AT&T of old? Juggernauts with abusive monopoly power that tech companies today could only dream of.
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zilti ◴[] No.39399511[source]
Apple, Google, Amazon are every bit as bad, and Microsoft is still up there, too.
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1. WrongAssumption ◴[] No.39400197[source]
Assuming that’s true, is that counter to my statement? Mine was in response to someone saying it’s clear tech companies are getting worse, and your response to mine is they are just as bad? So also in your mind not clear they are getting worse, correct?
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2. zilti ◴[] No.39407523[source]
Just as bad, and then some. The big ones used to only have B2B power with vendor lock-in. The new ones have much more. They have power over their individual users, too, by locking in their data and controlling the communication and sharing with others, and trough that even over people who are not their customers yet. You want to communicate/share with person X? Looks like you have to have an account at Y for that, too bad, eh?