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> 2. Ethics The ethic ends where the money-loss (or missing profit) begins. I don't understand why so many people are surprised when Apple (or whatever) pulls
by scoutt 7y ago
> 2. Ethics
The ethic ends where the money-loss (or missing profit) begins. I don't understand why so many people are surprised when Apple (or whatever) pulls something like this.
I don't mean to be rude (I don't know you, where you're from, what's your age), but I though at this point in life people would be already aware that ethics doesn't fit very much into corporatism culture.
In simple words, they will (at very least) plainly lie to you in order to make you buy their products. Every one of them.
Or have you ever heard a company saying "Yes, our product is inferior to the competition", "Yes, we will sell your data", "Yes, if avoiding it gives us much problem, we will side with higher powers against you" or "Yes, we're burning forests to give you cheaper burgers"?
They'll picture them as nice and responsible, but at the end of the day what matter most is dollars. They'll never lose.
- _Understated_ 7y agoI'm from the UK in my 40s and I understand the concept of ethics and that mega-corporations are driven by money. At all costs. That being said... I suppose I let my guard down a bit and got slightly starry-eyed about Apple but I genuinely believed they saw profit in NOT being assholes like Google. That being different and taking a stand was going to make them vast sums of money. Plus, Google does not align with my vision at all and there was an Apple phone going free so I made the leap. Clearly it's all marketing and they are no different to any other mega-corp and if there is profit to be made in feeding people through a woodchipper then they'll do it... like the rest of them. *takes rose-tinted glasses off
- scoutt 7y agoWell, I guess this is a chance you (all of us, actually) can profit from and learn that ethics is a convenience feature, just like the headphone jack.
- gmiller123456 7y agoI genuinely believed they saw profit in NOT being assholes like Google Even Google saw profit in "don't be evil", or at least the public perception that they were trying not to be. Unfortunately, history shows that as soon as the public has no viable alternatives, evil is the way to go.