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I remember his words from an interview "I sold the privacy of my users for a huge profit. I made a decision that compromised my principles, and I must live with
by kemyd 8y ago
I remember his words from an interview "I sold the privacy of my users for a huge profit. I made a decision that compromised my principles, and I must live with that every day."
This guy should have his own character in the next season of Silicon Valley series.
Give your billions to the poor and move on you poor guy
- iKevinShah 8y ago> Give your billions to the poor and move on you poor guy How exactly is gonna help the people and the guy? It's not that people are not gonna be tracked by tech giants after he donates his billions or something.
- pmart123 8y agoHonestly, I kind of agree. If he feels so bad about it, donate the money somewhere. Right now, he is having his cake and eating it too.
- brador 8y agoHe could invest the billions into making viable alternatives that respect user privacy.
- seba_dos1 8y agoAs Conversations showed in the XMPP land, just a single full-time developer paid from his work on the client can make a huge difference. The foundations are strong (XMPP and Matrix), what you need now is some resources. XSF is notoriously understaffed.
- scarface74 8y agoWhat he think was going to happen when he sold to a company that made its money by advertising based on user’s personal information? He’s either naive or disingenuous.