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The Nokia issue arose from an internal memo, now widely known as the 'burning platform' memo, which basically said to consumers that Nokia phones were crap and they stopped buying them.
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I really don't think that memo was a major reason behind Nokia's decline. It was years of reading the market wrong and producing phones that weren't attractive to consumers.
That said, the investment companies I work with have a bonk on for Nokia right now. Makes me wonder if there is something up their collective sleeves.
Stonehedge
My point was on a general issue (e.g. the public debate on white supremacy) rather than an issue related to the company itself.
The Ratner fella said his own company's stuff was crap, and with Nokia I assume you're talking about their failure to respond to Apple phones and the Android platform which again is a company-specific point.
So, it's perhaps a bit like Stop Funding Hate which has not led to, for example, the closure of the Daily Mail. So it could be argued that 'guilt by association' is not (yet) sufficient to bring down a company.