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> you have to consider the ethics of what you're enabling Keep in mind, YC took money from Yuri Milner in 2011 even though people knew at the time that there w
by TAForObvReasons 9y ago
> you have to consider the ethics of what you're enabling
Keep in mind, YC took money from Yuri Milner in 2011 even though people knew at the time that there were connections to Russian oligarchs [1] and funded startups that promulgated junkware installers [2] among other things. On the "doing the right thing" vs "making more money" spectrum, YC is firmly on the side of "making more money", ethics be damned.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3143894 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3143894 the PG comment and the first few responses contextualize this well.
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5092711 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5092711 a discussion about InstallMonetizer