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Shut up and take our money: Amazon plows $1B+ into quashing datacenter dissent
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chobeat lemmy.ml chobeat@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2019-06-08
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Link: https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/10/02/shut-up-and-take-our-money-amazon-plows-1b-into-quashing-datacenter-dissent/5300914
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Helix 🧬 feddit.org helix@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-07-27
#2 · Quote Reply

The fuck? It would be cheaper to just er... Not build datacenters.
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eldavi lemmy.ml eldavi@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-07-18
#3 · Quote Reply
Helix 🧬 wrote:
The fuck? It would be cheaper to just er... Not build datacenters.

but there's profit to be had in building them.
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☂️- lemmy.ml umbrella@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-07-12
#4 · Quote Reply
eldavi wrote:
but there's profit to be had in building them.

"profit"
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Helix 🧬 feddit.org helix@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-07-27
#5 · (edited) Quote Reply
eldavi wrote:
but there's profit to be had in building them.

Ah, the profit of $–344,000,000,000
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Blisterexe lemmy.zip Blisterexe@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2023-11-06
#6 · Quote Reply
☂️- wrote:
"profit"

Makes the stock price go up, that's the only metric that matters.
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☂️- lemmy.ml umbrella@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-07-12
#7 · Quote Reply
Blisterexe wrote:
Makes the stock price go up, that's the only metric that matters.

hey, it also makes the bubble inflate!
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dan1101 lemmy.world dan1101@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#8 · Quote Reply

I am 100% against data centers.

Money, please!
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eldavi lemmy.ml eldavi@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-07-18
#9 · Quote Reply
Helix 🧬 wrote:
Ah, the profit of $–344,000,000,000

They've already made their profit and will be long gone by the time that bill is due.
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