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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

He's not wrong, but 'bringing your true self to work' is something companies like to say but they don't actually believe.

[–] [email protected] 278 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (19 children)

Cancelled Xbox game pass and installing PopOS. Fuck Microsoft

[–] [email protected] 103 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The penguin calls, and the good folks answer.

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[–] wise_pancake 255 points 1 week ago (15 children)

the email to Aboussad reads. “It is also concerning that you have not apologized to the company, and in fact you have shown no remorse for the effect that your actions have had and will have.”

Obviously there were going to fire these employees, especially the one who gave notice then did this.

But why the fuck would anyone be like “yOu DiDn’T eVeN aPoLoGiZe To ThE cOmPaNy”? That’s the stupidest god damn thing I’ve heard since “Liberation Day”

[–] [email protected] 104 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What about "you haven't even thanked us!" to Zelensky?

[–] Aceofspades 51 points 1 week ago

Same energy.

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[–] [email protected] 106 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is anyone surprised? Maybe the surprising part is that she's still alive and only got fired.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Don't worry, she's probably getting deported/disappeared soon.

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[–] [email protected] 102 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Microsoft has policy that prevents it from retaliatory actions against human rights violations. Court should rule Microsoft violated its own policies...

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[–] [email protected] 92 points 1 week ago (10 children)

IBM had a role in the holocaust. Those numbers tattooed on everyone in the concentration camp? Those were IBM ID numbers for the punch cards.

If IBM staff protested about their role, it’s been lost to history. But it’s repeating today with Gaza and the staff who speak out are being demonized. Israel’s Lavender AI is being used to kill civilians. History will prove this woman and the other employees right in the end.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Depends who controls the narrative and how it plays out.

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[–] [email protected] 91 points 1 week ago (11 children)

The fact that they're asking her to apologize is Just ass backwards.

They should apologize, and look into the issue, and possibly, stop, war profiting.

That's okay. They're going to lose a lot of Windows users, forcing them to upgrade Perfectly good computers.

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[–] [email protected] 87 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I would have been surprised if they hadn’t fired her. Good on those two for causing a ruckus for a cause they believe in though. Nonviolent one too, well done.

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[–] [email protected] 86 points 1 week ago

Exactly what a war profiteer would do.

[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 week ago (16 children)

the best thing i did was spend last month deleting the partitions in my desktop and laptop and installing mint.

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[–] SplashJackson 73 points 1 week ago

"I'm not interested in arguing" -someone who knows they're in the wrong, but still holds the power

[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Genocide Profiteer not War Profiteer

Fuck you Microsoft, if I wasn't already done with you for completely enshittifying your operating system, I would DEFINITELY be done with you for this.

Fuck off and continue to become a Kodak or Yahoo or other still existing washout company that totally lost the plot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Kodak went from being a major player in the photography industry to being completely blindsided by digital photography.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Willfully blind. Eastman Kodak invented the first digital camera in 1975, but decided to focus on their existing, profitable product lines. Clayton Christensen describes the process in The Innovator's Dilemma.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Yes, this is basically every large US tech company right now

[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It is also concerning that you have not apologized to the company, and in fact you have shown no remorse for the effect that your actions have had and will have.

the fucking audacity. i mean, we all knew how it would end, but talk about 5d reverse psychology mindgames

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

you have not apologized to the company

Writing this should be grounds for a mandatory psych ward commitment

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 week ago

Ah, yes, nothing quite like retaliating against someone who says you did a bad thing. Sure showed them!

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Microsoft has recently been added to the BDS list. Do not forget to give their apps a review.

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