Run it XOR use it, part two
If you read back through some of my posts from 2021, you might discover something which basically says "run an IRC network or get involved with the chatting on it, but try not to do both". This was a reflection on my own youthful stupidity, and a plea to others to not make the same mistakes (as many of my posts tend to be).
Imagine my surprise when I got to thinking about some of the recent bits of the tech / politics / malignant narcissist news cycle of late, and realized that it could apply there too.
"Hey (owner), what about X?"
"Raar!"
[keyboard furiously clicking in the background]
*service unavailable*
Sound familiar?
44 billion dollar tech companies: run them or use them but not both.