So Microsoft realised that people are pissed off about the genocide shit, and decided to try and distance itself a bit from all the genociding they’ve been complicit in, and will likely continue to be complicit in. The pageantry is likely to work on US investors, who mostly just care about money anyhow.
It’s probably partly being done because Microsoft sees all these foreign countries saying “We’re gonna ditch US tech” because of all the bullshit coming out of America for the past few years – and the likelihood that it’ll continue straight through 2028, and then resume again every time the Republicans get in power, with an utterly impotent democratic party as their foil – a democratic party that couldn’t even hold the people responsible for an attempted coup accountable, instead allowing those very people back into power.
When your government’s gone authoritarian / fascist, with your complete support, you shouldn’t be allowed to 'PR spin" your way out of it. Trump’s approach is demanding people/companies side with “America first”, or “the world”. If you choose the former, you can’t pretend like you give a shit about the latter.
So Microsoft realised that people are pissed off about the genocide shit, and decided to try and distance itself a bit from all the genociding they’ve been complicit in, and will likely continue to be complicit in. The pageantry is likely to work on US investors, who mostly just care about money anyhow.
It’s probably partly being done because Microsoft sees all these foreign countries saying “We’re gonna ditch US tech” because of all the bullshit coming out of America for the past few years – and the likelihood that it’ll continue straight through 2028, and then resume again every time the Republicans get in power, with an utterly impotent democratic party as their foil – a democratic party that couldn’t even hold the people responsible for an attempted coup accountable, instead allowing those very people back into power.
When your government’s gone authoritarian / fascist, with your complete support, you shouldn’t be allowed to 'PR spin" your way out of it. Trump’s approach is demanding people/companies side with “America first”, or “the world”. If you choose the former, you can’t pretend like you give a shit about the latter.