[hostyle]

"Move fast and break things."

"Its easier to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission."

There are many other well known mantras that i can't recall right now. SV and VC companies do not care in the slightest about users and their data - only about making more money (which these days always seems to involve stealing^Wwarehousing more and more data).

[the_snooze]

I swear, big tech runs on the value system of domestic abusers:

* I want to know everything about you and who you talk to (privacy violations)

* I can change deals unilaterally and do whatever I want without your say-so (disrespecting user agency)

* You can't leave me (vendor lock-in)

[slowmovintarget]

I get your point, but Microsoft is neither Silicon Valley, nor a Venture Capital firm. They are "Big Tech" though.

[sfn42]

BT