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Horrific. If anyone on HN uses or works with adtech you should think about the consequences of what you are building. It's only ever gotten worse. You have a so
by foxes 5y ago
Horrific. If anyone on HN uses or works with adtech you should think about the consequences of what you are building. It's only ever gotten worse. You have a social obligation to stop.
- enigami 5y agoAren't we all part of some problem one way or the other. You could make the same point to a Programmer in the Banking Industry who is unaware that he is literally creating a predatory interest calculation for a debt scheme by writing code.
- diydsp 5y agoOur contributions are not equal-weighted. We can pivot away from what we discover doesn't express our personal values.
- amelius 5y agoThe difference is that the banking industry programmer is still unaware about their wrong-doings. The article is there to raise awareness about the problems in the advertising industry, and one effect is that no one can claim they didn't know.
- avs733 5y agoYes. We should all consider the consequences of what we work on shouldn't we? The fact that other people don't isn't a counter argument...