• eldavi ( eldavi@lemmy.ml ) 
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    1 year ago

    microsoft is sad example of why divesting doesn’t work since their tendrils are cemented in nearly all public institutions through their products like word, or excel, or teams.

    • chobeat ( chobeat@lemmy.ml ) 
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      1 year ago

      Divestment organizers never really had a breakthrough in Microsoft like they did in other companies or organizations. Divestment is one of the best applications of worker power, but you need to build that power and Microsoft is very under-organized, especially in the US.