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LiquidMotion t1_itu7mv7 wrote

Won't someone think of the poor billionaires!

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AMajorPaine t1_itumolw wrote

Microsoft's increased costs running their datacentres will be passed onto consumers of their services.

A larger percentage of businesses use Microsoft Azure.

A lot of reddit uses Xbox services.

It's bad news all round

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LiquidMotion t1_itw5dhc wrote

I mean congress could just fix that but why would either of the two right wing parties give a fuck?

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AMajorPaine t1_itw6dh6 wrote

It's a global energy crisis. Not a US one. And if they did split the company up economies of scale would dictate prices would increase not decrease.

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TRichard3814 t1_itw5gyp wrote

Fix what, global energy markets?

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LiquidMotion t1_itw5r9j wrote

Monopolies and artificial inflation. That is supposed to be their job after all.

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TRichard3814 t1_itw7f8y wrote

Monopolies yes, inflation can only be fixed by QT and competition not Congress decree

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Gayrub t1_itugxne wrote

Who can just buy some solar panels.

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ThestralDragon t1_itvfkvm wrote

I'm pretty sure they're not releasing the news so you can feel sorry for them.

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