• wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io
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    5 hours ago

    There was an interesting podcast recently from freakonomics about Epic software and how it’s always been private. It reinforced my perception that companies do better for humanity when they stay private.

    Most C corps have the same tragedy of the masses problem that we face with pollution and resource scarcity. Not to mention that the average anything is mediocre. So, in a word, yes.

    • minorkeys@sh.itjust.works
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      52 minutes ago

      They at least have the freedom to do better, many do not. Shareholders don’t give a fuck about anything but profits and made it illegal for a company to do otherwise.