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  • Bob Iger says Apple & Disney would have merged if Steve Jobs was alive

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    It took a while, but Apple IS now a media company. The only problem is they don’t have much worthwhile media. If they owned Disney, they’d be the biggest thing in media. 

    Theme parks would actually be a great fit. Apple museums within and creative education with macs and iOS as part of it. Kids would grow up loving Apple. They’d take over the computing market in one generation. 

    Apple and Disney values are very aligned. It should still happen 

    but it would be Apple owning Disney. Not the other way around. 
    williamlondonqwerty52Beats

  • Apple under fire for how it handles Roblox in DOJ antitrust probe

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    This is so stupid. 

    Epic wants to create its own store and sell games. 

    Roblox is simply a game where people can also buy other people’s modifications of THAT SAME GAME. sheesh. 

    It’s in app content. Not an entirely new game. It’s using the same code base. Digital Tinker toys. 

    Completely different ballgame. 

    How people miss this (epic, DOJ) is unbelievable. 

    Of course Epic knows the difference. They just want to benefit from creating confusion. 

    Epic is actually trying to stifle innovation snd fun just so they can have their way. 

    I guess they’ll come after lego next. Or tinker toys. Because you can build stuff. Or Minecraft. 

    The DOJ is supposed to be run by smart people. And they can’t tell the difference. 

    One is an experience creating and enjoying app. Even if those experiences are games. 

    The other is an entire store that sells standalone games that aren’t map makers or experience creators. 

    In epics dream, they want to sell roblox instead of Apple. That’s the only difference. 
    rezwitsaderutterwilliamlondonFileMakerFeller

  • Google really is evil, claims ex-employee lawsuit

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    auxio said:
    auxio said:
    That said, these guys have a right to express a dissenting opinion and peacefully protest. 

    But if they were abusing their job responsibilities to do so, well, Google is not “evil” in firing them. They were “evil” in exploiting their employers Time and resources to accomplish their personal agenda. 
    It'll be interesting to see all of the details in the case.  In my eyes, a company which states this in its code of conduct:
    And remember… don't be evil, and if you see something that you think isn't right – speak up!

    should be supportive of people questioning things and raising concerns (even if management disagrees).  At the very least, they should have had managers address the concerns of this group before taking further action.

    Completely agreed. The article seems to hint that the employees were using their work time to further their personal interests. I think that’s probably the dividing line. 
    We don't really know the details of what happened and how it was handled yet, so it's all speculation at this point.

    One thing which does raise a red flag for me is the fact that they were fired for "leaking company information".  If they were using company time to protest, one would think that they would be fired for not fulfilling the requirements of their contract of employment (or whatever the legal term for not doing your job is).  But perhaps they grew disgruntled and truly did leak confidential information as a way to get back at the company.  We'll find out in the trial.

    …Google said that the three had each leaked information, and had used "systematic searches" for information "outside the scope of their job."

    the last part sounds like using company time and resources for something that wasn’t their job. That’s taking employer money snd not doing what the employer pays for. Terminable. 

    Leaking information is worse. Especially if they leaked it in hopes of building political pressure against the company that employs them. As if that somehow justifies the espionage. Talk about malicious. Prosecutable. 

    Put them both together and it’s “bye Felicia.” No need for trial. Basic “bad employee conduct” 101. People like that have no business calling others hypocrites for a “don’t be evil” slogan. 

    Hopefully a decent judge is in charge tosses this out before any more money is wasted on it. 

    Google is not on trial for doing business. And that’s all this amounts to. Google took on a contract. Good for them. These few may have disagreed with it, but that doesn’t mean Google was wrong. What clearly is wrong is industrial espionage from the inside and plain old not doing your job. 
    gatorguywilliamlondon

  • Google really is evil, claims ex-employee lawsuit

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    jdw said:
    "If you see something you think isn't right, speak up!"

    That corporate statement to employees should probably be taken down in light of the fact so many younger people today are self-professed social justice warriors or political activists who, rather then just going to work and getting paid for their labor, seek to use their company as a platform for political activism.

    For example a large number of Americans support the Biden Admin on border protection policy, while about an equal number support the Trump Admin's policies.  And that split is pretty much 50-50 across the US. So rather than get involved in that huge political mess, companies need to be more careful about encouraging their employees to get involved in social and political issues because the current polarization in American politics will always spark heated disagreements and fighting.

    While some may argue the actions of corporate America are unethical (e.g., sales to the border patrol, in this particular case), it can also be argued that taking money from those corporations in the form of salary and then using your work environment to promote political change/activism too is unethical.
    Have to agree. Or at least qualify what you mean by “not right,” 

    there should be clearly defined parameters. Otherwise some people will go off the deep end with their own pet beliefs on everything from the color of something to politics, to how they feel the world should bow to their whims. That’s most likely what’s meant by the statement to begin with. They just never imagined the liberties people would take with it. 
    williamlondon

  • Google really is evil, claims ex-employee lawsuit

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    red oak said:
    All of these millennial or Gen Z snowflakes are torpedoing their careers.  They are going to wake up 10 years from now wondering how the f* everything up so bad 
    Sad but true. 

    Ideals are great to have. But one of them should be to honor a contract. If your employer hires you to do a job, then do the job with all your heart amd earn that honest wage. 

    If you want to question their business dealings or other matters, go ahead. But do so using proper channels. Don’t try to bite the hand thst feeds you amd do it respectfully. Also do it on YOUR time. Not theirs. Otherwise… you get fired. Rightfully so. 
    williamlondon