Prez wrote on Mar 14, 2024, 15:31:
Are we supposed to be racist against Russians now? I guess I didn't get that memo. Those of you who don't like America, do you hate me as well?
Well, Russia is currently in the middle of an attempt to conquer its neighbors, something which some folks find morally questionable at best. As such, some people have become rather averse to knowingly giving financial support to Russia, no matter how miniscule it may be. Now conveniently, Russia isn't a very big exporter of "shit the average citizen buys directly" They export, gas, coal, oil, etc.
Software is one of the few things the average consumers of the world buy on a regular basis that has a non-zero chance of putting money in the pockets of Vladimir Putin and his gang of thugs. So while it may not amount to much, the effort expended avoiding it also doesn't amount to much. For businesses, the amount of money they could be putting in Putin's pockets is much larger, so it's more significant when they make a choice to avoid doing business there.
Now, obviously people have every right to be a cynical nihilist or to simply have too much on their plate to be able to muster up any fucks to give about the Ukrainian people, but for people with the luxury of choice, they may want to know where their money is going.
Do you have a single fact to back that up?