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Which dystopic megacorp do we get first in our brave new world? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by Chef_Boyargee@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Cyberdyne Systems, Wayland-Yutani Corporation, Tyrell Corporation, or Arasaka Corporation? Something else?

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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Microsoft has had several country govt's dependent on their software for decades now (mostly Windows and Office, but also Azure lately). They were also deemed "not that bad, actually" by the courts for their 1990's fuckery, so I'd say they're the first dystopic megacorp we got.

[–] B0rax@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago

Now everything is office365 and onedrive