• spankinspinach@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    Correct me if I’m wrong, is Slate not Amazon backed? No judgement either way, I just know that rubs some lemmings the wrong way

    • Credibly_Human@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      Oh don’t worry, it isn’t! Its just backed by Jeff Bezos himself…

      Yeah…

      This world sucks, and sometimes you gotta make some shitty pragmatic choices. I would judge someone harshly for a Tesla but less so for Slate given that 1. Jeff isn’t so openly racist so much as being a greedy bastard of a human being, and 2. Slate is backed by him but not fully owned by him.

      • spankinspinach@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        1 day ago

        Ah the fun of the world we live in…

        Yeah 100%, I’m fully on board with your reasoning. I’m continuously arguing with myself over a Bronco or a Tacoma (only modern backcontry capable vehicles with manuals I’m aware of), so I do NOT have a moral high ground here haha

    • Bgugi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      My understanding that the “Amazon backed” was a comparatively small portion of the funding, and largely to generate an air of legitimacy for the normies.