• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Bingo. Lots of stupid things at this level boil down to legal protection. You’ll see it everywhere once you learn and look.

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      6 days ago

      “Lucky we’re not countersuing! Oh the damages you are certain to be causing in the futureeee, the burns”

      Actually now that I think about it maybe this was a multimillion dollar protest. The headlines have been published for and wide. I bet a few people spent more time feeling guilty than working right after as well - imagine one of them quitting. Still somewhat hard to believe it would lose them contracts but perhaps there will be potential customers who want to avoid connection with Microsoft until this blows over.