Microsoft historically
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Microsoft
It's funny to me, people sometimes vehemently complain about Oracle and Ellison when Microsoft exists. Oracle is aggressive at ensuring its licensing is adhered to but Microsoft has literally tried to destroy small time software people, demonstrating its evil intentions towards them going back to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Open_Letter_to_Hobbyists
Then in 2022, OpenAI (largely at least financially if not more, backed by Microsoft) introduced ChatGPT which literally stole the world's data to make machine learning appear to be more than it is. Then the AI flood gates opened. This has decimated the software industry, not because AI is so great but because CEO's use "AI" as an excuse to do layoffs, strictly limit new hires and conduct active wage suppression.
Posted Feb 22, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC · locked