Tech-Giganten: Leere Entschuldigungen und Versprechungen, weil sie es sich leisten können | TechCrunch

Einfach wortgewaltig und lesenswert, der Beitrag von Josh Constine. Zwar entschuldigen sich die großen Tech-Giganten immer wieder für ihre Verfehlungen, aber so richtig ändern tut sich nichts, auch weil wir oft keine wirklichen Alternativen haben, meint Josh:

Unfortunately, tech company business models often conflict with the way we wish they would act. We want more privacy, but they thrive on targeting and personalization data. We want control of our attention, but they subsist on stealing as much of it as possible with distraction while showing us ads. We want safe, ethically built devices that don’t spy on us, but they make their margins by manufacturing them wherever’s cheap with questionable standards of labor and oversight. …

The second-place solution is often distant. What’s the next best social network that serves as an identity and login platform that isn’t owned by Facebook? The next best premium mobile and PC maker behind Apple? The next best mobile operating system for the developing world beyond Google’s Android? The next best e-commerce hub that’s not Amazon? The next best search engine? Photo feed? Web hosting service? Global chat app? Spreadsheet?.

Quelle: Tech giants offer empty apologies because users can’t quit | TechCrunch

Josh baut auf die Mitarbeiter der Tech-Konzerne, die in den vergangenen Monaten in dem ein oder anderen Fall erfolgreich aufgestanden sind  und fordert dazu auf, selbst etwas zu tun:

There’s an opportunity here not just to complain or wish, but to build a social movement that holds tech giants accountable for delivering the change they’ve promised over and over.

Quelle: Tech giants offer empty apologies because users can’t quit | TechCrunch

(Stefan Pfeiffer)