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Comment by pbiggar

1 day ago

Not just that, but Microsoft's reputation is in the process of taking a nose dive over its human rights record

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/06/microsoft-isra...

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gamblor956  19 hours ago

That's true of most of tech in general, these days. You have to pick your poison now.

  • BlueTemplar  17 hours ago

    You really don't have to.

    And as a developer you have the option to go for otherwise trickier alternatives, like not using iOS nor Android.

    But of course someone that uses the word 'tech' for a tiny subset of it might not see that...

pfisch  21 hours ago

Nobody even knows about this, no one thinks "Microsoft, hell no, they are a key player in the gaza conflict."

No one really associates human rights with Microsoft's reputation. That is the domain of Palantir, Meta, etc.

  • mperham  21 hours ago

    I guess you speak for everyone?

    I very much do look very negatively on Microsoft as a collaborator with modern fascist regimes, along with Meta, Palantir, X, etc.

  • pbhjpbhj  19 hours ago

    What about Apple there? Bringing golden offerings to their god-king and so supporting the further corruption of the regime. One of the few with the power/money to stand against them instead kneeling before Trump like a teen beauty pageant hopeful.

  • 1attice  21 hours ago

    as a former MSFT employee (who quit for reasons, well before the layoffs) I am not permitted to disparage or portray my former employer in a negative light.

    I'm just mentioning this for no reason whatsoever. It popped into my head, for some reason.

    • mikestew  20 hours ago

      As a former MSFT employee who disparages Microsoft on a regular basis, I ask: ‘dafuq did you get that idea?

    • not_a_bot_4sho  11 hours ago

      I'm also a former employee but based in the US where such things are illegal.

      In what country are you bound by clauses like that? I've never heard Microsoft doing something like that before.

    • jjani  21 hours ago

      For life? How can you be bound by this? Unless you sold yourself out for an extra month pay.