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Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’
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this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2025
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i agree with what you're saying from an ethical standpoint. i think she's right to protest.
but it's not "an issue", it's a huge fucking client of theirs. from a business standpoint its a huge ask to fire a whole military as a customer.
Surely there's an option between "drop major client" and "punish the person pointing out problems"
So a choice between money and ethics.
There is never any question which one companies choose.
Certainly not the one with a carreer in scumbaggery.
My point was that there are plenty of other options.
My point is: not for them
"We cant stop selling to war criminals. They are among our biggest customers."
Sounds more like a company that needs to be dismantled and have their leadership face prison sentences. Given the size of Microsoft they could take the hit economically w.o. much hassle. They dont have to be evil. They want to be evil. And we need to punish them for it by boycotting their shit as much as possible.
Can't help but think of this book wrt your comment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust