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hsuduebc2yesterday at 6:06 PM6 repliesview on HN

Just out of curiosity. Are there any companies today that are seen the way Google used to be seen, as a generally “good” corporation/companies that are also a important player? Maybe Mozilla Foundation?


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rchaudyesterday at 8:23 PM

There are no good mega-corporations, only a honeymoon period where they haven't grown large enough to start horse-trading for favorable treatment from the state.

InitialLastNameyesterday at 6:09 PM

Anthropic seems to be chasing that angle (c.f. their run of "AI that doesn't advertise to you" commercials).

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agilobyesterday at 6:07 PM

Blizzard, Microsoft come to mind

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AlexandrByesterday at 6:19 PM

Maybe Valve?

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skeptic_aiyesterday at 7:14 PM

Maybe proton, but even that… is not great.

jeffbeeyesterday at 8:58 PM

There are exactly zero organizations that will refuse to comply with subpoenas and warrants. It isn't up to business to fix the national government.