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> It's selfish to use the services of YouTube while removing their main source of revenue. The entire edifice of Capitalism, which we celebrate, is built on se
by nonrandomstring 4y ago
> It's selfish to use the services of YouTube while removing their main source of revenue.
The entire edifice of Capitalism, which we celebrate, is built on
selfishness. And yet you use the word here as if it were a bad
thing. I am confused :)
> If you have a problem with YouTube's tracking, simply don't use it
Why "simply" avoid a problem when with some effort you can improve it?
In this case optimising the service to make it free from ads and
tracking appears to be an improvement.
- robertlagrant 4y agoThere's a difference between people being able to make money based on them doing a good job, which is Adam Smith-style selfishness, and me wanting a Porsche, so taking one from someone, which is not.
- nonrandomstring 4y agoThere are not two 'kinds' of selfishness. You describe a difference in behaviours, but not in the underlying selfish motive. I remain unconvinced of the propriety of picking and choosing whether to extol or demean the same human condition depending on the ideology one is trying to prop-up.
- robertlagrant 4y agoI'm not trying to prop up an ideology. And I didn't say there were different kinds of selfishness; nor was I extolling or demeaning selfishness. I'm not sure what's left to reply to once I exclude all of that from your comment.
- chii 4y agoThe legal system is judged based on behaviour, not the underlying motivations. Stealing a porche is illegal, regardless of the underlying motivation. Making a good product to sell is not illegal, even if the motivation is selfish.