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Top tech names were on the guest list for the banquet thrown for President Trump during his second state visit to the U.K. on Wednesday.

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago

All of these people are fucking traitors, and we will not forget their groveling.

[–] tgcoldrockn@lemmy.world 68 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Technofascists want everything you have for their use. AI steals your artists, writers, academics works. Surveillance capitalism wants to live invisibly inside your world to report to others. The majority of our dozy fuck public is wholly complicit.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 46 points 2 days ago

Literally everything about this is disgusting.

[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 days ago (3 children)

At this point, I feel like its gone from "these companies are disgusting kissing up to the orange one" to "if they don't go, they're risking being on the receiving end of a massive company ending lawsuit/cancel war from the right and his Orangeness."

Both are disappointing and I'd rather go elsewhere, but the second is far more dystopian and probably more reflective of the current state of things.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

Cowardice is a poor excuse when the people in question are ultra powerful, ultra rich, and sheltered from any and all harm from these traits.

Fuck em. These are trash people.

Apple is one of the few companies whose cult I think could rival MAGA.

Tim Cook gets no brownie points from me for sucking up to 40-whatever-number-he-is.

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 3 points 2 days ago

Behold my collection of tamed "powerful" people.

[–] abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

While the EU are investing in self hosted, open source technologies to get away from the US, the UK is doing the opposite.

Story of the UK in general.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Not all is green in the EU, we're fighting yet another attempt to read our private messages.

[–] Insekticus@aussie.zone 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's getting tiring hearing about the constant attacks on privacy and encryption around the world from the UK, US, EU, and AUS. The villainous wealthy elite parasites just want all of our data to sell to each other, and apparently, ethics can go hang.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

The villainous wealthy elite parasites just want all of our data to sell to each other

True, although in this case a huge motivator is to know if we are organizing against them.

I know. It's not only an invasion of everyone's privacy but also pretty fucking unworkable. Hopefully people in charge will realise just how unworkable it is in time. However...Guestures at the UK and OSA

[–] vane@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

It's only conspiracy theory that rich people meet and decide about the world.

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago

Clinging to daddy's coattails.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 17 points 2 days ago

That's Tim Apple

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago
[–] CAWright@infosec.pub 7 points 2 days ago

Ohh, look, a list of companies to disinvest from.

[–] Armand1@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They should stay the fuck out of my country. Bloody parasites.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago

Unfortunately they're the royal family and it would upset a lot of people if they were sent away.

[–] clot27@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Boom beep bop 💥

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago

These guys make my skin crawl. But the main guy also makes my skin crawl.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 days ago

Please please some just them all please