2026-10-26 19:16 UTC
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@nixCraft@mastodon.social 2026-10-26 19:16
This is such a brutal thing. Yes job loss is not nice even if they get some money to exit. The whole IT sector is now a race to the bottom until AI causes a massive job and stock market crash and then nobody will have a job, pensions will be burned out in stock market scams and meanwhile, some of these AI tech bros will have made billions in profits. Well done, Microsoft and every other batshit crazy AI company.
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@benpocalypse@mastodon.social 2026-10-26 19:20
@nixCraft@mastodon.social Holy crap. This is not gonna go well for anyone.
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@donhawkins@mastodon.social 2026-10-26 19:25
@nixCraft@mastodon.social Microslop is an evil pos on a good day.
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@larsmb@mastodon.online 2026-10-26 19:26
@nixCraft@mastodon.social To be fair, 60k are eligible - not 60k headcount reductions. Voluntary leave is preferable to the alternative.
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@artayev@mastodon.social 2026-10-26 19:40
@nixCraft@mastodon.social If i understand this whole layoff stuff correctly (from big tech in general) they are shifting priorities (canceling projects etc…) towards building datacenters and LLM development rather than just straight out replacing people with AI. So the layoffs are just there to free some more budget for datacenters. Continuing to develop their exisiting software doesn’t seem to get the shareholders excited i guess.
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@shansterable@ohai.social 2026-10-26 19:43
@nixCraft@mastodon.social Microsoft's cutting almost 30% of their workforce may mostly be due to #AI but it may also be due to the coming reckoning with the tech sovereignty trend. Orgs outside the US are prioritizing non-US and/or homegrown tech alternatives due to US fascism. Microsoft, Google, Meta, etc. are on the global chopping block.
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@gentauro@mastodon.social 2026-10-26 19:46
@nixCraft@mastodon.social so no more Windows? GOOD
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@sasann@mastodon.social 2026-10-26 19:55
@nixCraft@mastodon.social big tech mostly consista of smoke and mirrors at this point. No wise person or business should rely on their services.
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@LeSapinSobre@mastodon.social 2026-10-26 20:06
@nixCraft@mastodon.social I'm really sorry. This is all my fault. I recently turned my laptop to Linux after decades of Microsoft OS.
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@independentpen@mas.to 2026-10-26 20:18
@nixCraft@mastodon.social "but everyone will have more leisure"
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@TimeLime@mastodon.social 2026-10-26 21:14
@nixCraft@mastodon.social no company should be so big that it has 60,000 "extra" employees. Those people could have been in HUNDREDS of small companies that valued them.
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@mdoellerer@mastodon.social 2026-10-26 22:17
@nixCraft@mastodon.social don't forget that companies use AI as an excuse for a layoff because it automatically creates a boost in stock prices for the company, instead of the previously normal outcome of stock prices going down. So they "have" to say it
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@Huntn00@mastodon.world 2026-10-26 22:20
@nixCraft@mastodon.social 💥The Capitalust End Game 💥 is here! “Embrace the rapture or fight? Is the question. 🤔
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@Npars01@mstdn.social 2026-10-26 23:10
@nixCraft@mastodon.social #FAFO Fund a fascist & find out. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2025/07/17/bill-gates-charles-koch-and-three-other-billionaires-are-giving-1-billion-to-enhance-economic-mobility-in-the-us/ Microsoft sided with the fossil fuel funded fascists. https://news.microsoft.com/source/emea/2026/08/microsoft-announces-saudi-arabia-east-datacenter-region-will-be-available-in-november-2026/ https://datacentremagazine.com/news/when-will-microsoft-saudi-data-centre-region-go-live https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-google-hand-dissident-data-to-saudi-arabia-activists-say-2023-7 https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/156691-how-sanctions-can-weaponize-us-tech-against-the-icc.html https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb/18/international-criminal-court-icc-judges-trump-sanctions https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/trumps-war-on-the-icc-goes-digital-with-microsoft-as-an-ally,19894 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/technology/us-tech-europe-microsoft-trump-icc.html
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@ebelien@mastodon.social 2026-10-26 23:19
@nixCraft@mastodon.social Europe, Canada and UK turning away from Microsoft and other US companies, might also be a reason for personnel cuttings
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@thriftwicker@mastodon.social 2026-10-26 23:34
@nixCraft@mastodon.social Oh I hope they feel their reckoning so much it hurts their fucking bones. Fuck microslop.
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@drdeevil@mastodon.social 2026-10-27 03:03
@nixCraft@mastodon.social MICROSOFT IS TRUE EVIL! EVEN I, THE EVIL DR. DEEVIL AM NOT THAT EVIL! THOSE 60,000 MINIONS WILL END UP BETTER OFF! COME BE MY MINIONS!
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@michielw@mastodon.social 2026-10-27 04:27
@nixCraft@mastodon.social only 5-10% of 60,000 are expected to take this offer.