@FuturisticRobert @fuchsiii I think that's the fundamental unfixable problem of publicly traded corporations because they are legally mandated to maximize ROI for shareholders at an exponential rate they'll inevitably hit a ceiling.

• Even if that means they run out of humans and businesses that ain't already buying all their stuff and subscribing to everything.
  • This is why #Microsoft stopped caring about #consumers as they basically "owned" the #desktoplinux with #WindowsXP and until they killed #Windows7 & #Windows10 any other OS was a *"statistical #RoundingError"...
    
  • All for #Linux to win is to not #enshittify at the same or faster pace than #Windows11...

Per contrast, #Valve (which is owned predominantly by #GabeN and only has marginal amounts of (non-traded!) stocks with it's employees) is also doing great without #enshittifiying #Steam.

• Mostly because #Steam can't afford to mistreat it's customers longterm, as being convenient for said users is what sets them apart from any other store...
  • The only reason they pivoted to Linux is because #GabeNewell realized the frontal attack #Windows8Bing and #Windows10S are on his company and that it's a horrible gamble to not assume #Windows trying to monopolize #Apps and #Games #distribution wouldn't cull Steam.
  • Not that they like #OpenSource, because their #BusinessModel is diametrically opposite by virtue of selling access to #CCSS. It's just that they know that Microsoft could otherwise choke them to death so fast and brutal that they'd end up bankrupt faster than #Gawker when #peterThiel decided to literally "sue them into bankrupcy"...

Which makes Gaben propably the only publicly known #billionaire that isn't hated.

• Or maybe it's his and thus Valve's #AntiAI - Stance that #Gamers love...

@xssfox well, #PatentTrolling is common in "#SueHappy" juristictions like the #USA where #settlement (even if the #patent is clearly invalid and wrong) is cheaper, faster and less problematic than standing one's ground.

• And that's not even talking about frivolous litigation solely to exhaust the opponents' finances (see #Thiel v. #Gawker]…https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdrange/2016/06/21/peter-thiels-war-on-gawker-a-timeline/

#USpol #Copywrong #Copyright #CopyrightMafia #SLAPP #SLAPPing #PatentMafia

@adfichter das hat Methode. #PeterThiel stand auch hinter den Klagen, die #Gawker zum Aufgeben zwangen. Die libertäre Oligarchie hat damit die „Gleichschaltung der Presse 2.0“ erfunden.

Die Rechtssysteme hier sind andere und abstruse Schadensersatzklagen nicht so einfach möglich.

Dennoch:
Idee: diese Art Aktivitäten für ganz Europa monitoren, Muster erkennen und als Gegenwehr der Zivilgesellschaft eine Crowdfunding-Initiative ins Leben rufen, die Betroffene unterstützt?

@kate

Right on, Andre.

Fuck that guy.

RIP #Gawker