Big Tech shoots itself in the foot, vows to get therapy

22 October 2019 | Spare Me! | 2 comments

Facebook eyes crossedThis week, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg confused everyone (and especially himself) with a speech at Georgetown.

You see, now Facebook is all about free speech. He says we need to let politicians lie on Facebook without censoring or controlling their speech in any way.

Unless you’ve been dead recently, you’re no doubt aware that Big Tech essentially declared itself the Arbiter of Truth & Justice in a stunning effort to put Orwell’s 1984 to shame.

Unfortunately, this led to a few problems – including legal ones…

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Are Big American Tech companies a dying breed?

27 August 2019 | Spare Me! | 1 comment

TechWarsOh dear God, make it stop.

There was a time when American Big Tech was the end-all and be-all.

It seems those days are rapidly going the way of the dodo.

For sure, there will be many companies that survive – and even flourish.

But it’s becoming painfully obvious that certain political, social, and cultural influences are starting to crush innovation, cripple sales, and piss off a whole lot of ordinary folks…

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