"I have cochlear implants and I can only buy parts to fix them or upgrade then from 1 #corporation bc of tech exclusivity. upgrades to get new processors for both ears cost $23k & insurance only covers 90% (and it’s “good” insurance)"
I know this'll be shitty to complain about but seriously.. Why do people still make #Discord servers when they can use other open solutions like #Matrix or #Revolt? :blobcatglare:
We are supporting yet another big greedy #corporation collecting #data on us, we should be promoting open protocols or services that don't do such a thing
The good news is #Ernst&Young have appointed a #female global chief, the first time one of the global big four #audit firms has been headed by a woman.
But before we get too misty eyed, we should recall that it would not be the first time a #corporation has appointed a woman in times of trouble, partly because eligible men took a step back & partly because the woman is being (potentially) sacrificed.
I wish Janet Truncale well & hope she is not about to be thrown down the 'glass precipice'!
Not my meme/remake but I have permission from author to publish it here :blobcatjoy: And it was the same person who several years ago told me in good cyberpunk story #corporations should be like Lovecraftian deities - mysterious, hard to understand, powerful and impossible to defeat by mortals (not optimistic view of course... especially if reality is close to this)
[ And I didn't play Cthulhu Saves The World (yet) :blobcat_amused: But played Universal Paperclips in the past and it's constant picture in my head when I read about Big Tech now. ]
the Biden administration has announced it will give a legal pass to firms that reveal criminal activities at companies they buy.... in the interests of disclosing illegal corporate activity.
However as #ElizabethWarren rightly argues this will more likely encourage malfeasance, with the promise of being able to wipe the slate clean on a merger.
Indeed, its difficult to see how confession & forgiveness will reduce corporate criminality at all..
So if if a #poor person steals from a #corporation they go to jail. If #corporations in this case #hospitals breaks the law & steals millions from poor people no one goes to jail. This is what passes for #justice in #america