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The big difference between Palpatine and Dooku was that even as a sith Dooku was not a hardcore believer. His ruthless ways pushed him from being a jedi but he had values of a jedi even to the end which is NOT something a sith has.

Not only did he care about his troopers and underlings he wanted them to be stronger like Ventress. Palpatine cared for no one and even Anakin was treated like garbage all due to a lost duel which at that point was clearly going to be difficult. Palpatine could have given him much better medical treatment. He had the tech to the point a suit was not needed to be so cumbersome or painful. He wanted Anakin to be tormented, and refused to allow him to heal better.

Palpatine was only ok with people getting stronger as long as they did not become a threat, he always wanted to be top dog.