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Yes the laws need to be changed, but that does not absolve the companies - it's called 'lawful evil'. Did you also not blame cigarette companies for advertisin
by deogeo 7y ago
Yes the laws need to be changed, but that does not absolve the companies - it's called 'lawful evil'.
Did you also not blame cigarette companies for advertising and selling what they knew was poison, or oil companies for keeping their knowledge about climate change secret?
- Operyl 7y agoI think you took a major step up from something that isn't actively killing anyone to something that is.
- deogeo 7y agoJust wanted to illustrate that it's not as simple as "legal = blameless". For a less extreme example, what about Keurig's coffee DRM? Or the DRM on printer cartridges? Or Microsoft pushing the patented FAT32 (and now exFAT) filesystem? Or Disney lobbying for extended copyright? Google promoting AMP pages? Online stores using pressure tactics like "Hurry, only N left in stock!", and other dark patterns?
- Operyl 7y agoAnd I'm just saying that, for the company, if they don't take these measures their shareholders and their board could literally throw a fit. These loopholes exist, and if they don't use them they'll just get swapped out for executives/accountants that will. If you want this fixed don't blame the company, blame the lawmakers that refuse to fix this.