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AMD is now spending record money on lobbying after decades of near-absence, joining Micron, NVIDIA, and Palantir in effectively bribing the US government (www.youtube.com)
submitted 7 hours ago by ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to c/hardware@lemmy.world
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AMD is spending record money on lobbying after decades of absence or near-absence from any form of political contribution and, in our opinions, is now joining the ranks of companies like Micron, NVIDIA, and Palantir in effectively bribing the US government for favorable deregulation, tax incentives, and safety bypasses for AI and data centers. We dig into AMD's millions of spending on Super PACs associated with President Trump, lobbyists, and in general, what we view as anti-consumer and anti-humanity efforts as AMD partners closely with the Federal Government to reduce safety nets around construction and development. Like NVIDIA and Micron, AMD is taking the same path of directly engaging in what we think are, effectively, bribes, while still maintaining an image of being the plucky underdog.

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[–] ejs@piefed.social 2 points 2 hours ago

Until AMD stops releasing their software such as drivers and acceleration firmware (ie rocm, fsr, freesync), i will continue to support their business for their mere contribution/dedication to open source alone. Unfortunately, AMD stocks would probably have crashed in 2025 had they not pivoted so hard towards AI. Hate the game, not the player

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 19 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

They have to, otherwise their big competitors will dominate. It's how the garchy works there. The US needs a legal reset, but only when Trump is out and people are more educated or disconnected from social media.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 39 minutes ago)

They're just dogpiling on the same things that all those other technofaschist companies are already lobbying for (and thus would also inadvertently benefit from), which AMD absolutely does not need to do. They would still be extremely profitable if AI was more regulated.

They're donating directly to MAGA Inc., that'd be like donating to the Nazi party because they 'had' to 'stay competitive'

Companies can, if they have any morals or ethics whatsoever, choose not to directly fund Fascists, that is ALWAYS an option. They are choosing increased profits at the expense of us all, and the deaths of the marginalized targeted by the current regime.

[–] username_1@programming.dev 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Wow, wait there a sec; what a set of requirements. Trump out, people educated... What else? Warp-engines invented and frogs got civil rights?

Never going to happen :)

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 4 points 3 hours ago

I admit, I was a little dreamy :D