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Software is not charity but it's a responsibility. As probably the most innocent example, when you ship an app that drains a user's battery you betray your user
by mojuba 5y ago
Software is not charity but it's a responsibility. As probably the most innocent example, when you ship an app that drains a user's battery you betray your users.
But then how about an app that sneakily collects data knowing that users won't even understand what you are doing or why?
You can be a responsible business which unfortunately won't necessarily be appreciated. Or you can be a typical business that exploits information asymmetry to the last bit.
- merpnderp 5y agoIf you don't like our current system that lets users decide what they can put up with or not then are you proposing some sort of centralized authority to enforce this? Like the government? The same governments of the world that produce the crappiest, most insecure, user hating software with some of the most ridiculous rules and regulations or else 10 layers of subcontractors making the price per line of code outrageous?
- mojuba 5y agoYou could start with e.g. requiring full legal disclosure of what my data is used for. Apple is trying to move in that direction, but we can't be at the mercy of a private corporation no matter how good the intentions are, when it comes to user data and privacy. But Apple's new requirements on the App Store are an example of what's possible to do. Performance and quality are a bit different, they are much harder to regulate but still possible to an extent.
- DerArzt 5y agoCase in point the Governor of Missouri in the US claiming that a report was hacking[1] when they hit F12 and viewed a website's HTML which contained Social Security Numbers. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/15/us/missouri-st-louis-post-teachers-hack.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/15/us/missouri-st-louis-post...