Also, the machine costs $500B/year to operate and generates less than $2B in gross revenue. So John Shareholder is going to need a multi-trillion dollar bailout in a year or two.

[–] hayvan@piefed.world 14 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

They are hoping to become profitable "soon".

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 9 points 11 hours ago

I love big tech’s products after the startup funding designed to kill competition has been spent. It’s really the sweet spot where the product doesn’t function efficiently anymore AND it costs more than the original product or service it replaced AND any human workers involved are not protected as employees.