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Giving up $400 mil for 3 months? I mean I know they're loaded either way but come on...

• nicpottier 8y ago
  At some point don't you think you just have enough? What's another $400 million in the bank at that point? I mean maybe you could put that towards causes you believe in, but that's kind of the only argument I see for staying. The definition of being rich in my mind is the very concept of being able to walk away from that kind of money for your own sanity.
  • jnwatson 8y ago
    $400 million could help a lot of sick and hungry people. I'd dig ditches by hand for 3 months to be able to give that money to Doctors Without Borders.
    • alvar0 8y ago
      Exactly. Even if you don't want it for yourself you could at least milk Facebook for some good purpose. But as I said in an earlier comment, there must have been some negotiation between them and FB
    • nicpottier 8y ago
      Dig ditches sure. Do work that you fundamentally disagree with though? I mean where do your principles come in to the work you are doing? You choose not to rob banks to support DWB, so you have a line you yourself aren't willing to cross. I don't begrudge him one bit for his decision.
  • redial 8y ago
    Sure, but I think about it this way: every cent you can take away from Facebook is a cent they can't spend on more spying. They left and now Facebook is gonna do it anyways and is gonna cost them 400 million less.
  • VectorLock 8y ago
    $400 million is still a lot when you're just barely a billionaire.
• alvar0 8y ago
  I would guess there was some negotiation we don't know about, and that's why they're giving up some money.