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> The maker of ChatGPT promised to share its profits with the public. But Sam Altman just sold you out.

How can we still believe that companies are not there to sell us out, really?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EmstuO0Em8



you used to believe companies were benevolent?


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And the downvotes to prove my point


I don’t think anyone disagrees that companies only do what benefits their bottom line, that’s pretty much the consensus here. You’re probably downvoted because you’re comment comes off as very aggressive/lecturing.


Also completely wrong. HN has no restrictions on being cynical about companies.


I don’t get your response, did I say anything else? I never said that HN has a restriction on being cynical about companies.


I took your comment "Such talk is verboten on HN" as being in response to such.


> "Such talk is verboten on HN"

That’s not my comment.

I was telling redwoolf why their comment was downvoted.


and the upvotes prove mine


Downvotes? Give it enough time and one of them will be along to flag you.

Edit: happened while I was typing my message.


i’d put this on polymarket if i could. i bet i’m net positive my dude


> sell us out

What's the "us" in the sentence?

Companies exist to make their owners money, by providing goods and services to customers.


Well, it used to be non-profit which should not have goal like that. And changing that was "selling us out".


You are correct that non-profits have different purposes.

Is "us" the 8 billion people on earth, I assume?


Anyone who would want to benefit from their work with reasonable cost and that their work would be for the best of public, not for the owners of the company.


The org has dif't purposes but the people staffing them often don't.




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