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Jan 13, 2021
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Clark Addison
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You would really blow people's minds if you went back 20 years and told them that in 2020 people would
generally say Microsoft is the LEAST evil big tech company. Quite the turnaround.
I am not saying I disagree.
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rank the evilness of the following big tech companies. Least to most
Cougarclaw
1/13/21 9:00am
Mine: Least is Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google, twitter, Huwawei, Facebook
Cougarclaw
1/13/21 9:02am
Mine is the same, except flip flop facebook and Huawei.
fldnstrm
1/13/21 9:04am
This is correct.
shammy
1/13/21 9:32am
Similar
cougfanz
1/13/21 10:01am
Most evil to least: Huawei, twitter, facebook, amazon, google, apple, microsoft
Schultz is back
1/13/21 9:05am
This is the correct answer
YIsForBrigham
1/13/21 9:07am
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OPINIONS
1/13/21 9:08am
Huawei is the global communications technology arm of the CCP so yes. It is evil.
YIsForBrigham
1/13/21 9:12am
Yeah, I don't doubt you, but I don't know anything about them.
OPINIONS
1/13/21 9:13am
What to do about this? I'm honestly considering getting rid of my Amazon tech
BlackBart
1/13/21 9:11am
There's a good chance CB is run on AWS. And if not now, probably at some point in the future. It would be almost
YIsForBrigham
1/13/21 9:13am
We were already shifting purchasing patterns increasingly away from Amazon and
BlackBart
1/13/21 9:17am
So you don't own an Apple or Google phone?
TheLost
1/13/21 9:24am
samsung almost made my list. Is there a fourth provider?
Cougarclaw
1/13/21 9:35am
A non-smart phone.. Google gets kickbacks from every Android phone.
TheLost
1/13/21 9:43am
This and most people don't even know it. Article below for a good illustration
COUGND
1/13/21 9:20am
Wow! I had no idea.
BringYourUltimate
1/13/21 7:26pm
It is running in a 'cloud environment' but it is not AWS.
HuskerFan2
1/13/21 9:25am
Everything you use/like/love is hosted (in some part) on AWS
TheLost
1/13/21 9:23am
I'm incredibly offended by the stuff on Twitter and Facebook. Who do I speak to to make AWS bring them down?
YIsForBrigham
1/13/21 9:24am
You file a complaint.. Boney Fuller gets suspended about once a year.
TheLost
1/13/21 9:27am
Oh so AWS doesn't pull the plug and blast Twitter into oblivion for offensive content. Weird double standard
YIsForBrigham
1/13/21 10:10am
You need to take a step back..
TheLost
1/13/21 10:23am
Plenty of that offensive speech is on Facebook and twitter. AWS is still happy to host them. Why?
YIsForBrigham
1/13/21 10:28am
I give up... Read this if you want..
TheLost
1/13/21 10:32am
So you clearly don't have an answer. The exact same things said on Parler are said on Facebook and Twitter. The
YIsForBrigham
1/13/21 10:35am
I do have an answer..
TheLost
1/13/21 10:39am
How many times have the threats on Twitter appeared right after a riot with 6
Extra Biscuits
1/13/21 3:40pm
This number keeps growing. How many died?
BlackBart
1/13/21 3:45pm
How did you miss the cop killed by protesters.. hit with fire extinguisher..
TheLost
1/13/21 4:05pm
I work 14-16 hour days. That's how, if you must know.
BlackBart
1/13/21 4:29pm
Ok.. i get that..
TheLost
1/13/21 5:27pm
Ren Zhengfei, Jack Dorsey, Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates
mokelembembe
1/13/21 9:12am
and we had Eric Schmidt in town running Novell.... and he cancelled
relic
1/13/21 9:23am
My brother is not fond of Eric
85fan
1/13/21 10:53am
We had several guys in the neighborhood at Novell back then.. and they were
relic
1/13/21 12:16pm
My brother didn't like how he ran the company in general
85fan
1/13/21 12:21pm
From my imperfect view... it seemed like he was using it as a platform to
relic
1/13/21 12:35pm
Why isn't Cougarboard on the list?
russkiejedi
1/13/21 9:17am
Not sure of the entire rankings, but Huawei should be the worst on every list.
slappy
1/13/21 9:20am
You would really blow people's minds if you went back 20 years and told them that in 2020 people would
Clark Addison
1/13/21 9:32am
That thought came to me absolutely as I was creating my own list
Cougarclaw
1/13/21 9:37am
Maybe because Gates is gone?
ochobeeguy
1/13/21 9:44am
Maybe, but it isn't like anyone liked Ballmer at the time, and Gates' image has largely been rehabilitated as well
Clark Addison
1/13/21 9:48am
Posssible. My guess is because Microsoft is an also ran, not a leader.
StalwartBraveTrue
1/13/21 7:27pm
3 groups: by far worst huawei and twitter. Also evil: everyone else but msft.
dex13
1/13/21 9:41am
Apple evil too then?
Cougarclaw
1/13/21 9:49am
Of the top of my head: Apple abuses patent law, bullies competition, phone
dex13
1/13/21 12:52pm
You mean like Microsoft of 20 yrs ago? And Samsung of 10 years ago?
StalwartBraveTrue
1/13/21 7:29pm
Yes
dex13
1/13/21 8:25pm
How does Twitter rate getting put in a bucket with Huawei?
russkiejedi
1/13/21 10:04am
4 groups of it makes you feel better
dex13
1/13/21 1:05pm
Less than 22% of Americans have a Twitter account. A much smaller fraction
russkiejedi
1/13/21 5:50pm
I'm more concerned with their clear leadership in the control of info
dex13
1/13/21 8:32pm
Huawei, Amazon, Twitter, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Apple
ImBlueDaBaDe
1/13/21 11:07am
least to worst? or worst to least?
Cougarclaw
1/13/21 11:31am
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