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Shut up and take our money: Amazon plows $1B+ into quashing datacenter dissent
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Sundray lemmus.org sundray@lemmus.org
Joined: 2023-12-19
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poke sh.itjust.works poke@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-10
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the nation could be left in the dust.

wdym amazon, we already are. Have you seen the cost of living when compared to wages? Data centers won't help that.

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melsaskca lemmy.ca melsaskca@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-09
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Billionaires think they can buy anything. What? They can? Dammit!

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rainwall piefed.social rainwall@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-07-17
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The fun part is that amazon is spending 250 billion/year on data centers, while this 1 billion "payout" to the communities is spread out over 5 years, so its actually 250 million/year, or almost exactly 0.1% or their datacenters spend.

They are literally willing to spend 99.9% of their money fucking over communites, and think 0.1% is enough to get the pleebs to shut the fuck up about their lives being ruined.

They are so greedy, they can't even snap off 1% of their greed to enable more greed.

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Nerdulous lemmy.zip Nerdulous@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-05
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The fun part is that amazon is spending 250 billion/year on data centers, while this 1 billion "payout" to the communities is spread out over 5 years, so its actually 250 million/year, or almost exactly 0.1% or their datacenters spend. They are literally willing to spend 99.9% of their money fucking over communites, and think 0.1% is enough to get the pleebs to shut the fuck up about their live...

If it's over 5 years then it's 200 million/year which makes it worse.

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rainwall piefed.social rainwall@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-07-17
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If it's over 5 years then it's 200 million/year which makes it worse.

Shit, you're right. Not even 0.1%.

The raw disrepect is palpable.

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