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So what? Meta does employ many talented engineers and they do create valuable open source software. Is it not good that we can praise that and still hate other

by Yujf 3y ago

So what? Meta does employ many talented engineers and they do create valuable open source software. Is it not good that we can praise that and still hate other practices they use?

pjmlp 3y ago
Those practices are what make those open source projects possible. No money, no open source projects.
- ViktorRay 3y ago
  This logic is absurd. The people responsible for the opioid crisis also donated a lot of money to philanthropy. If people told us “no shady opioid practices, no philanthropy” we would all assume they were being absurd. Because that statement is absurd as the one you made saying that without Meta’s shady practices we wouldn’t have those open source projects. Also Meta’s open source projects do have a benefit to Meta. If they didn’t, Meta would never open source them. It’s part of Meta’s business strategy.
  - pjmlp 3y ago
    The absurd is attacking Facebook, while enjoying the open source products payed with "dirty money" from their business practices. Turns out free beer tastes really good, regardless how it was produced back in the farm. I should not be surprised, it is hardly different from enjoying products that people know are coming from sweet shops, but hey they are so cool.
    - basique 3y ago
      A lot of products have an immoral part in the supply chain. Do you propose that people abstain from all of them?
      - pjmlp 3y ago
        If they are true to their beliefs, that is to be expected.
    - Yujf 3y ago
      Except it is very different. If you use react you are not contributing to the sweatshop, while if you buy sweatshop items you are. I think what you are saying is that it would be immoral to make generic medicine based based on q design that was originally invented by a big pahrma company because you are supporting the exploitation fo sick people, which is honestly compeletly absurd

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So what? Meta does employ many talented engineers and they do create valuable open source software. Is it not good that we can praise that and still hate other

by Yujf 3y ago

So what? Meta does employ many talented engineers and they do create valuable open source software. Is it not good that we can praise that and still hate other practices they use?

pjmlp 3y ago
Those practices are what make those open source projects possible. No money, no open source projects.
- ViktorRay 3y ago
  This logic is absurd. The people responsible for the opioid crisis also donated a lot of money to philanthropy. If people told us “no shady opioid practices, no philanthropy” we would all assume they were being absurd. Because that statement is absurd as the one you made saying that without Meta’s shady practices we wouldn’t have those open source projects. Also Meta’s open source projects do have a benefit to Meta. If they didn’t, Meta would never open source them. It’s part of Meta’s business strategy.
  - pjmlp 3y ago
    The absurd is attacking Facebook, while enjoying the open source products payed with "dirty money" from their business practices. Turns out free beer tastes really good, regardless how it was produced back in the farm. I should not be surprised, it is hardly different from enjoying products that people know are coming from sweet shops, but hey they are so cool.
    - basique 3y ago
      A lot of products have an immoral part in the supply chain. Do you propose that people abstain from all of them?
      - pjmlp 3y ago
        If they are true to their beliefs, that is to be expected.
    - Yujf 3y ago
      Except it is very different. If you use react you are not contributing to the sweatshop, while if you buy sweatshop items you are. I think what you are saying is that it would be immoral to make generic medicine based based on q design that was originally invented by a big pahrma company because you are supporting the exploitation fo sick people, which is honestly compeletly absurd