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Comment by buellerbueller

11 hours ago

Not every topic on HN needs a contrarian's hot take.

Well that wasn’t very nice.

Do you have anything to say other than, “I don’t need to hear what you have to say”?

  • I think this repartee encapsulates a huge frustration with the tech sector:

    > op (as legacy business): BAU

    > you (as tech): disrupt! disrupt! disrupt!

    > me: no thank you; that's not necessary

    > you (as tech): stop being mean!

    Not wanting your "disruption" is not being un-nice. Your disruption was not asked for in the first place. Forcing it (Uber, Doge, et. al.) on marketplaces, often illegally, and vacuuming it up the income ladder to the already-wealthy IS the "not nice" thing.

    • Ah, I think I understand - this isn't about me... this is about a whole lot more than me.

      You just see me as a target to displace that onto. I'm the representative for what you believe is wrong with tech.

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