💸 public money may not be spent on Motorola or HP products
6mon 26d ago by slrpnk.net/u/activistPnk in newrules@slrpnk.net
Motorola and Hewlett Packard directly contribute to the IDF. That makes them ethically controversial (amid countless other nefarious things they do). A large portion of the population supports Palestine morally.
Microsoft /should/ be targetted as well because they finance Anyvision (facial recognition used against Palestinians). But it’s a more indirect detriment and ditching MS requires competency that governments lack.
So new rule: public libraries and government agencies must go through some serious red tape if they want to procure Motorola or HP products. They must prove that there is no viable alternative.
Public libraries and gov agencies must declare every Microsoft product they use in a central database along with rationale. This will be reviewed for opportunities to reduce MS patronage.
Do you mean HP or Hewlett Packard? You say one in the title but the other in the body. They aren't the same company anymore, the Hewlett Packard name is now owned by HPE and HP is just HP
Oh, I thought they were the same. Well, what I mean is the company who provides service to the IDF, which IIRC is security in nature. Of course HP products are anti-consumer garbage, and I’m not sure if that’s the same company. But it’s the service to the IDF that creates an injustice when public money is spent on them. Anyone sympathetic to Palestine should be offended when they see HP products in public libraries and gov agencies.