Why do people hate the tech industry? (2023)
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Re: Why do people hate the tech industry? (2023)
#2Name an industry anyone likes, aside from the money they might be making off it. They're all now hated for the same reasons, caused by the same, scarily small, group of people.
Re: Why do people hate the tech industry? (2023)
#3Name an industry anyone likes, aside from the money they might be making off it. They're all now hated for the same reasons, caused by the same, scarily small, group of people.
Space exploration.
Re: Why do people hate the tech industry? (2023)
#4Name an industry anyone likes, aside from the money they might be making off it. They're all now hated for the same reasons, caused by the same, scarily small, group of people.
And yet all this power in the hands of the very few are only there because the rest of us don't know any better than coordinating for their benefit rather than coordinating in any other way.
Re: Why do people hate the tech industry? (2023)
#5Name an industry anyone likes, aside from the money they might be making off it. They're all now hated for the same reasons, caused by the same, scarily small, group of people.
The problem is capitalism and the injustices it creates. The hated industries are just symptoms.
Re: Why do people hate the tech industry? (2023)
#6Name an industry anyone likes, aside from the money they might be making off it. They're all now hated for the same reasons, caused by the same, scarily small, group of people.
Space exploration.
I think that's true of NASA. However, I've got a pretty negative view of SpaceX due to the whole "owned by a Nazi thing".
Re: Why do people hate the tech industry? (2023)
#7Name an industry anyone likes, aside from the money they might be making off it. They're all now hated for the same reasons, caused by the same, scarily small, group of people.
Hairdressing/beauticians
Re: Why do people hate the tech industry? (2023)
#8In my opinion tech used to be fun and we used to create products that actually empower people. Think MySpace, early-days Facebook, Soundcloud, Ableton Live etc. They exist to empower the masses to connect and to create.
Today the business model has made every products and contents to be enshittified.
We've optimised for the wrong thing and not only the common people hate the tech industry. Even I no longer feels the joy of working in tech.
Re: Why do people hate the tech industry? (2023)
#9Bankers had it bad for a long time. Now it's our turn!
Re: Why do people hate the tech industry? (2023)
#10In my opinion tech used to be fun and we used to create products that actually empower people. Think MySpace, early-days Facebook, Soundcloud, Ableton Live etc. They exist to empower the masses to connect and to create. Today the business model has made every products and contents to be enshittified. We've optimised for the wrong thing and not only the common people hate the tech industry. Even I no longer feels the…
When it comes to empowering, I am not sure much beats Excel. It lets non techy people codify amazing things and get real work done.