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> It’s not owned by a reprehensible consumer surveillance utility I don't like Facebook that much either, but that doesn't mean they don't write useful softwar
by anonytrary 8y ago
> It’s not owned by a reprehensible consumer surveillance utility
I don't like Facebook that much either, but that doesn't mean they don't write useful software.
> The other half is also programmer happiness, due to impedance matching with Rails.
So impedance matching with a limited technology is a good thing? I find that to be... a limitation.
- inopinatus 8y agoUtility does not improve ethics, which is why making the trains run on time did not excuse Italian fascism. Choosing React is to condone its owner.
- ncmncm 8y agoFascist trains didn't really run on time. It is just that nobody could say they didn't. But, yes, utility is poorly correlated with ethics, at least in the short term. Longer term, maybe not. Ethical failure has a way of gumming up communication paths.