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Probably averting billions in damage.
by xeckr 3y ago
Probably averting billions in damage.
- robertlagrant 3y agoYeah, smart, and contributing to the commons. As it should be.
- xeckr 3y agoI think it's still pretty clear that the bug hunters are getting the short end of the stick.
- tptacek 3y agoIn what way? If they're not getting a market offer from Google, they don't have to participate.
- xeckr 3y agoIn the way that they're getting pennies on the dollar. Of course they don't have to participate, but neither do workers in any other economy where slavery was abolished, so I don't see the point you're making.
- renewiltord 3y agoYou can't get a raw deal in a market economy. The deal you get is what the deal was worth.
- CyberDildonics 3y agoOnly if there is perfect information for everyone, which never happens.
- xeckr 3y agoThis isn't a market in any classical sense. First because Google decides what your bug is worth only after you submit it, second because the quantity of the product is indeterminable, and lastly because it includes participants at the state level on the buy side with basically infinitely deep pockets.
- renewiltord 3y agoYou can sell to lots of people. You don't have to sell to Google.
- willcipriano 3y agoAhh but first you have a find a market economy.
- remus 3y agoI think it depends on how you look at it. If your treated it as a job where you're trying to make a living from bounties then I think it is hard to do that, but if you do it as a side project or you happen to stumble on an issue then 5k or whatever is a nice bonus for reporting the issue responsibly.