NHS leaders privately told that “clunky” £330m platform built by Trump donor Peter Thiel’s firm is “slow” and has “poor user experience”, new documents show
Not surprising, at this stage in capitalism we find ourselves in, companies don’t need a good product or service.
What they need is buzzwords, marketing, and flashy designs (which Palantir nails) in order to seduce venture capitalists to pump money into their business.
Then the executives and shareholders can laugh all the way to the bank as they go off and sell their artificially inflated stock.
Palantir also offers processing of user data for mass surveillance and gatekeeping purposes, with the additional benefit of being a scapegoat when whatever scheme is being cooked up in the background comes to light.
Not surprising, at this stage in capitalism we find ourselves in, companies don’t need a good product or service.
What they need is buzzwords, marketing, and flashy designs (which Palantir nails) in order to seduce venture capitalists to pump money into their business.
Then the executives and shareholders can laugh all the way to the bank as they go off and sell their artificially inflated stock.
It is enshittification from the get-go.
Palantir also offers processing of user data for mass surveillance and gatekeeping purposes, with the additional benefit of being a scapegoat when whatever scheme is being cooked up in the background comes to light.