I stopped reading when you said the goal of tech companies is to solve real world problems. The only goal of tech companies is to create products that will make them a profit. To believe anything else is delusional. That's kind of why our society is crumbling and the planet is dying.

[+] rikudou@lemmings.world -13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Then I advise reading the rest. You don't make profit if you don't solve a problem people have.

[–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 1 year ago

May I introduce you to the world of insurance companies?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern 14 points 1 year ago

I think you're either operating on a very deep level of irony or proving OP right.

[–] RegularGoose@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Most of the "solutions" sold by companies are for artificial problems created by companies.

[–] Sordid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, but by other companies. Those problems are not created intentionally in order to create and exploit a market, they're just consequences of those other companies doing business. Pretty much the only example of companies creating problems so that they can sell solutions I can think of is free-to-play games (e.g. make game excessively grindy on purpose to sell boosters). Some of that scummy monetization is now creeping into real-world products, with things such as subscription-based heated seats that are installed in your car regardless but disabled unless you pay up, but the vast majority of products and services on the market address problems that were not created by their manufacturers/providers.