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I see you’re building software which entirely relies on the major tech companies search engines. If people didn’t work there, you couldn’t do what you’re doing.

by wepple 5y ago

I see you’re building software which entirely relies on the major tech companies search engines. If people didn’t work there, you couldn’t do what you’re doing. Can these companies (like most companies) do better? Of course. Perhaps by working there, people believe they can be that change? Edit: your/you’re

dessant 5y ago
The aim is not for everyone to quit these companies, but for enough people to refuse to build and maintain the harmful components of their systems so that these companies are forced to change. Regarding my projects, they'd be just as useful if Google and Meta would cease to exist tomorrow, but again, that isn't the point. > Perhaps by working there, people believe they can be that change? We're talking about highly intelligent people, at least some of them understand that the code they maintain sometimes performs actions that are illegal. They could lift their fingers from the keyboard when they recognize that something is not right. They could choose to not be complicit.