Reminds me the days people would write Micro$oft (usually in Linux vs Windows discourse).
It's funny to think that back in the days we used to think the most evil thing a company could do was charging money for their software. Today we even praise some companies because they are "less evil" and they actually charge money, instead of giving the service for free and mining our data (e.g. Fast Mail vs Gmail; or Kagi vs Google).
Reminds me the days people would write Micro$oft (usually in Linux vs Windows discourse).
It's funny to think that back in the days we used to think the most evil thing a company could do was charging money for their software. Today we even praise some companies because they are "less evil" and they actually charge money, instead of giving the service for free and mining our data (e.g. Fast Mail vs Gmail; or Kagi vs Google).
> It's funny to think that back in the days we used to think the most evil thing a company could do was charging money for their software.
They did a lot more than that.
> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
>[the name "Misanthropic"] is childish
Good point, but "Sudden Human Extinction" would be too long a name.
It's a fitting name.