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by throwawayinside
2771 days ago
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This is the most insane conspiracy nonsense I’ve read on HN. Facebook had lobbyists targeting every member of Congress. Apple works tirelessly to put their profits in tax shelters. Amazon has well-documented stories of pushing its warehouse workers past their limits. Google’s chairman spent years openly laughing at the idea of “privacy.” You think these companies need help from foreign actors to look bad? If this line of thinking is common in SV, the echo chamber effect is worse than I suspected. |
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I think this is an ungenerous reading of the parent. The fact there are disinformation campaigns running all the time is known beyond a shadow of a doubt. Are Russia and China _solely_ behind the bad press that tech is getting? Decidedly not. But do they also benefit, as in, Chinese and Russian tech companies benefit if American and European ones are damaged? Yes. IMO they are busy frying bigger fish, but I have little doubt that given the chance to tip the scale of public opinion this way or that, they'd prefer tech companies catch some flack.