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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is a “great” time for companies to get away with absurdly backwards decisions. For all we know, they’re doing it in an attempt to appease Trump. They could just be assholes who made the decision without regard to politics, sure, but the deniability is there.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

It’s a good time to try a bunch of stupid shit. The administration will not enforce regulations or laws. You can blame everything on AI. And there’s all this market volatility, you have an easy excuse for shareholders.