The mistake this article does, is presume developers care about the consequences of what they co-create for huge international corporations. Clearly, judging fr

The mistake this article does, is presume developers care about the consequences of what they co-create for huge international corporations. Clearly, judging from HN posts, they do not. Those who do, won't stay in those jobs (myself included). Now, it was a boring read and more about disappointment in politics and corporate promises, so kind of a catch-up of what has been warned about since late 90's and introduction of Facebook. Maybe not many today relate to the reference to "Brave New World", aside from HBO shows, ironically also provided by huge international corporations (not worth the watch IMHO). It's simply not what developers care about, and that's truly sad and horrifying, but not surprising in the least. It's just not what professionals are paid to care about, or even relevant to the hobby-side of programming.