Disagree in part. Apple gets the least negative press because there's the least profit in trying to destroy it for chaos. If you agitate against Facebook then your allies at FB gain organizational power; if you agitate against Apple - nothing - they do hard work there https://twitter.com/TEDxHamster/status/1277889594722156544 …
Microsoft was different at their peak - they were famous for having no lobbying arm at all - the whole strain of tech libertarianism - this enraged the permanent government and the press. You're supposed to pay the press to run stories to influence the permanent government.
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The press wasn't getting this so there was huge hostility that didn't go away when MS stopped being that way; it slowed down when they started lobbying and created a bunch of sinecures at MSNBC and Slate - both started by MS
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"Organic hatred" is a funny concept. Yes, the hatred for MS was organic; they didn't play the lobbying and paying off the press game and that created organic hate for them in the Brahmins which trickled down as people copied their attitudes. 1/2
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