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Agreed 100% -> Frankly its a bit scary that people honestly (and I truly believe you to be honest) believe Google could be a "most ethical" company. Among my f
by switch11 6y ago
Agreed 100% -> Frankly its a bit scary that people honestly (and I truly believe you to be honest) believe Google could be a "most ethical" company.
Among my friends there are so many that work for dodgy companies and believe they are doing something good
In Seattle my friends and I ran into a girl who worked for a spybar/spy install bar company and she was completely OK with it. She actually liked working there
Of course, now it turns out that Google, Facebook, Amazon do far worse stuff than spyware companies
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reminds me of an old quote - It is impossible to make a man realize something when his pay check depends on him not realizing it
- quicklime 6y agoThe statement that a company is the "most ethical" is a relative one. It doesn't imply that the company is ethical, or a net good to the world. It simply means that it is relatively better than the others. > every ad-driven revenue model is at odds with privacy I agree with this statement (assuming you're talking about personally targeted ads). Believe it or not though, there are ways to be evil that don't require invading people's privacy, and there are a lot of companies out there that engage in this sort of bad behavior. I'm not saying that Google is perfectly ethical. I'm just saying that the other companies I've worked at have been worse, and that the heuristic of "avoid ad-based business models" won't necessarily steer you in the direction of an ethical career.
- samatman 6y agoNot if it's your only heuristic! c'mon But staying out of the surveillance industry is table stakes for ethical employment.