Microsoft fires head of Israeli subsidiary and other managers over surveillance of Palestinians
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/microsoft-fires-head-of-israeli-subsidiary-and-other-managers-over-surveillance-of-palestinians/
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nogooduser@lemmy.world · 67 pts · 119d
Is it being a conspiracy theorist to think that they might have allowed it with the intention of making this exact move if it was discovered?
lath@piefed.social · 38 pts · 119d
Scapegoating a problem is standard m.o. for this stuff.
EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 119d
Hopefully that doesn’t deter the icc from going after all the collaborators they can, whether at Microslop or elsewhere.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 119d
I wouldn’t hold my breath.
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 119d
Not really, it's a standard procedure.
Sineljora@sh.itjust.works · 28 pts · 118d
Don’t trust Microslop!
Brad smith already lied about divesting from the IDF last year, only to increase support and spread it to a handful of other Israeli defense orgs. They are still supporting Israel with what they don’t say, don’t believe them.
https://nogamesforgenocide.com/
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 27 pts · 118d
Rule number 1: don't get caught.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 118d
Rule number two: lie
IndustryStandard@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 118d
Rule number 3: after (1) getting caught and (2) lying, pretend to be on the right side all along by firing a few people when most of the genocide is over.
BananaLama@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 118d
Rule number 4: get better at implementing rules (1) and (2)
Nyadia@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 26 pts · 119d
That's a start, now do the same with whoever at Microsoft is responsible for Windows' surveillance of the rest of the world too!
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 119d
They can’t fire everybody.
frongt@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 118d
Why not?
Nyadia@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 118d
Why not? They do the same thing with all the video game developers they acquire.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 118d
I was thinking if you fire everyone, do you really still have a company? You might still have some IP you can sell off, if you still have a few lawyers left to draw up the contracts. Shrug.
wampus@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 118d
So Microsoft realised that people are pissed off about the genocide shit, and decided to try and distance itself a bit from all the genociding they've been complicit in, and will likely continue to be complicit in. The pageantry is likely to work on US investors, who mostly just care about money anyhow.
It's probably partly being done because Microsoft sees all these foreign countries saying "We're gonna ditch US tech" because of all the bullshit coming out of America for the past few years -- and the likelihood that it'll continue straight through 2028, and then resume again every time the Republicans get in power, with an utterly impotent democratic party as their foil -- a democratic party that couldn't even hold the people responsible for an attempted coup accountable, instead allowing those very people back into power.
When your government's gone authoritarian / fascist, with your complete support, you shouldn't be allowed to 'PR spin" your way out of it. Trump's approach is demanding people/companies side with "America first", or "the world". If you choose the former, you can't pretend like you give a shit about the latter.
zeroConnection@programming.dev · 5 pts · 118d
Too late you greedy fucks, we know what you are, Microslop.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 5 pts · 119d
Paraphrasing Veep:
"Satya Nadella keep track of all the important decisions in the company to ensure that all contracts comply with our commitment towards privacy. That being said he knew nothing about it and once he found out he immediately fired his number five director and a couple of sixes."
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 118d
A rare non-fuck-up from MS. Wow.
demonsword@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 118d
Microslop realized that enabling the genocide was bad PR so they're trying to distance themselves from it
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip · 0 pts · 118d
I'm more concerned with the result than whether or it not their intentions were pure when performing it. Doing a good thing for the wrong reasons is still a good thing happening.
demonsword@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 118d
The bad thing: M$ facilitated the murder of dozens of thousands of people.
The good: They fired one guy.
Wow, that's some good they did, huh? Totally forgiven now.
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 118d
I know it's hard to see things in a non-binary manner, but would you prefer there were those two bad things still happening, it is the reduction by one not a positive?
Sxan@piefed.zip · -3 pts · 118d
If you don't reward any good behaviors, þey aren't repeated.
I do understand your point. Þe answer is proportional reward.
Reygle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 118d
If it comes after years of blatantly ignoring the public's demands, is it still a "good move"?
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 118d
Yes.
That's a dumb question. Was this move better than not doing this move: yes.
village604@adultswim.fan · 2 pts · 118d
Only if Microsoft actually stops.