> I sensed the suggestion of it in the parent comment and clumsily followed on from your response to that part. Nah it wasn't my intention to give that kind of

> I sensed the suggestion of it in the parent comment and clumsily followed on from your response to that part. Nah it wasn't my intention to give that kind of impression[0]. I was just trying to add to the part I quoted from your comment (also the keywords from my first comment (not the one with the quote) were "barely" and "reluctantly"). It's not that I think it's okay, but I probably should have used the word "tolerate"[1] instead of "accept". So basically I agree with you. I wouldn't work on something like GFW[2], or ad[3]/gambling/porn/blockchain/dating companies, or "VPN" services (in the diluted sense of the word), or Discord, or smart TVs, or software for IoT, stuff like that. But I also know that if I want to get a remote job, I'll have to compromise somewhere. --- [0]: Mic and cam recordings can be trivially circumvented by anyone who knows how to turn on a computer, for example, but even if I have permission/access to them, I won't touch those things unless it's to do something the end user wants to do. [1]: There's probably a word that better captures the nuance tho. English is not my first language. [2]: Or anything from countries who don't even try to appear like they follow the GDPR. [3]: Where the ads are the product/service being sold. Or in other words, if a company uses adsense it's a maybe-work-for-them-but-try-to-find-something-else; if the company is adsense, it's a straight no.