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The truth about covering tech at Bezos's Washington Post

35 points| worik | 18 days ago |geoffreyfowler.substack.com

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notepad0x90|17 days ago

I don't get why people use these services. Do they not have enough self-respect to not let themselves get manipulated by random-rich-guy-with-an-ego? Someone is deliberately trying to control a platform you use for their own personal benefit, and you just let them? I don't get it. With commerce, you get something in return. With this, you're just (and sorry if the term is offensive or inappropriate) a cuck.

There is no way a person greedy enough to hoard $100B+ will not abuse their control of any organization. Even if you agree with everything they believe in, you're still subjugated and made subservient to them, or it feels like that way at least.

I am now seeing how feudalism and aristocracy prospered in its time. Some people just don't mind, or don't value their own dignity all that much I guess? I hope this isn't an extreme view.

dostick|17 days ago

What services and platform you mean, Alexa?