> The company is just an entity that needs to follow the set of guidelines set by people living in that society. Those guidelines are the laws. We elect congre

> The company is just an entity that needs to follow the set of guidelines set by people living in that society. Those guidelines are the laws. We elect congress and a president who passes laws, and what those are comes back to us. Within those laws, we have capitalism. If company A goes beyond that, and company B doesn't, guess who survives? Pressuring an employer to act outside of those bounds isn't helpful. What is helpful is realigning incentive structures at a system level. Radical proposals -- like eliminating NDAs, mandating open source for firmware, right-to-repair, and so on -- feel oppressive when one looks through the lens of private right to contract. When one looks at a systemic level, they result in much greater freedom for everyone. Most executives would like to be good, but they're between a rock and a hard place, and walk a thin line. Laws are what determine where that line is.