Hacker News with Generative AI: Business Practices

Canon wants us to pay for using our own camera as a webcam (romanzipp.com)
Companies squeezing every last penny out of their customers is no news. And Canon is no stranger.

Webcams, Cameras, Technology, Business Practices

983 points by romanzipp 20 hours ago | 623 comments

Popular browser extension Honey accused of shady business practices (snopes.com)
A viral video alleged that the coupon-finding browser extension is a scam.

Browser Extensions, Business Practices, Consumer Protection, Social Media

8 points by jacobrussell 17 days ago | 1 comments

Microsoft Bundling Practices Focus of Federal Antitrust Probe (propublica.org)
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Microsoft in a wide-ranging probe that will examine whether the company’s business practices have run afoul of antitrust laws, according to people familiar with the matter.

Antitrust, Microsoft, Business Practices

6 points by guerrilla 22 days ago | 0 comments

Health Care Administration Wastes Half a Trillion Dollars Every Year (peoplespolicyproject.org)
Last week, an individual gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Bryan Thompson in the streets of Manhattan. The gunman wrote “deny,” “defend,” “depose” on the bullets he shot, suggesting that this killing was motivated by a dislike of UnitedHealthcare’s business practices, which are also the business practices of the private health insurance industry as a whole.

Health Care, Healthcare Costs, Business Practices, Violence

4 points by greenie_beans 39 days ago | 0 comments

The open secret of open washing – why companies pretend to be open source (theregister.com)
Allowing pretenders to co-opt the term is bad for everyone

Open Source, Software, Business Practices, Technology, Ethics

7 points by penda 84 days ago | 0 comments

Does anyone integrate with their customers' DB directly? (ycombinator.com)

Database Integration, Customer Relationships, Business Practices

19 points by johnyeocx 138 days ago | 47 comments

Google threatened tech influencers unless they 'preferred' the Pixel (theverge.com)

Google, Technology, Influencers, Business Practices

55 points by luu 154 days ago | 19 comments

Got Ghosted names and shames companies that stop communicating (gotghosted.fyi)