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minus-square@skrlet13link17•4 years agoI know you Microsoft, I know this is just a PR move and you won’t do anything else to challenge racism (considering all the power you have). It’s a good move, but I know that coming from Microsoft is not sincere.
minus-square@AgreeableLandscapeOPlink11•edit-24 years agoExactly. Big companies talk about huge issues like this but rarely actually do anything meaningful. Imagine if they used same effort they used to lobby against privacy laws to lobby for better protections against discrimination.
I know you Microsoft, I know this is just a PR move and you won’t do anything else to challenge racism (considering all the power you have).
It’s a good move, but I know that coming from Microsoft is not sincere.
Exactly. Big companies talk about huge issues like this but rarely actually do anything meaningful. Imagine if they used same effort they used to lobby against privacy laws to lobby for better protections against discrimination.