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>>The ethics of a company and the value they provide to a user are all subjective and thus you cannot state that the company is unethical or the users are being
by droopybuns 10y ago
>>The ethics of a company and the value they provide to a user are all subjective and thus you cannot state that the company is unethical or the users are being exploited as a rule.
This seems to me to be the crux of our disagreement. You believe ethics are so subjective that ethical stances should not be expressed.
I reject that whole heartedly.
Businesses with user counts that dwarf customer counts generally are exploitative and bad for the consumer.
They are incented to harvest information that results in privacy violations.
- manigandham 10y ago> ethical stances should not be expressed Who is stopping you from saying anything? You expressed it and I said I'm glad you did. Again, please stop being so defensive for no reason, it's not conducive to any discussion. > Businesses with user counts that dwarf customer counts generally are exploitative and bad for the consumer. They are incented to harvest information that results in privacy violations. Not really, again you say "exploitative and bad" but this is according to you. It's up to the actual consumer to consider this for themselves, which is why there's no valid way to make a statement as how to how this generally works or that users should always be fewer than customers. You can look at open-source companies that produce software used by thousands but sponsored by a few customers as just 1 of many counter examples.