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I support FOSS initiative and open web but as a software engineer, working for company like FB is pretty challenging. It's exciting to work on a software used b

by lnalx 10y ago

I support FOSS initiative and open web but as a software engineer, working for company like FB is pretty challenging. It's exciting to work on a software used by billion of user, you learn a lot, you cannot argue against that. It's not by developing this kind of software you support the capitalization of internet but by using it. Makers are not necessarily users.

mathgeek 10y ago
It's a loaded question, sure, but let me play devil's advocate here for a sec. You're basically using the same argument that NSA engineers use to validate the creation of spy software. I'm not saying FB is inherently evil, or that it's immoral to work there. Just pointing out the similarity in your specific base of argument.