Tiresia

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[–] Tiresia@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

ASML is basically a strategic asset. Breaking them up to have a more level playing field inherently threatens the West's economic-political position. If ASML abused their position, it wouldn't be the regulators so much as the CIA that showed up to tell them to reconsider.

[–] Tiresia@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 months ago

Maybe they're going for something similar to RDJ's Sherlock Holmes. A veneer of propriety over a ruthless and savage intelligence.

[–] Tiresia@slrpnk.net 13 points 4 months ago

That's the neat thing about workers' rights. Workers have more interest in making good products than investors, especially in artistic fields. Investors will gladly sabotage a product's quality for the sake of personal gain and move on to the next company with goodwill to exploit, but for workers a job well done is inherently rewarding.

Unionization directly leads to better games with more artistic merit.