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Originally Posted by WillysJeepMan
...There are legitimate reasons to dislike not only Microsoft, but Apple, Google, and any other company. These corporations aren't agents of morality, they're soul-less business entities whose sole purpose is profits. Unless I'm a shareholder, I see nothing admirable in these corporations...
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Why would one dislike an anonymous entity?
Why would one have feelings towards companies anyway?
When I say, I admire them, I simply mean if ever I'd build up a company I'd hope for similar success.
I admire the 1% of companies that actually survive the first 3 years and not the ones going bankrupt...
"soul-less business entities whose sole purpose is profits"?
What other purpose than profits should a company have?
The common good? World peace?
That's all not their job. Their job is being successful in their respective niche.
Just an example: A famous German film critic 10 years ago bashed the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy as being trivial and stupid. He did praise a German movie about 2nd world war and the resistance against Nazi terror.
Yes, he's certainly right: The 2nd movie did have a noble goal. And it's was portraying an important story and era. But: This movie had been watched by 70.000 people in total, whereas "Lord of the Rings" made billions.
Would the 2nd movie have succeeded in its foremost target = being actually seen by movie goers, only then it could have succeeded in its other targets as well = being educational and wary of the past.
Meaning:
If a privately owned company, not a sponsored public organisation, doesn't succeed in making profits, they won't succeed in anything.
But I guess you've just been ironic anyway. :-)