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It’s a company that has raised billions, they can afford to pay for labor.

• _heimdall 2y ago
  That's not how markets work though. If someone is willing to do it for free, and you are happy with what that person produces, why would a company pay them anyway?
  • shkkmo 2y ago
    > why would a company pay them anyway? Because we have laws to protect workers. You can't just not pay an employee and call them a volunteer as a for profit company. There a legal limitations on what a for profit company can do with volunteer labor but companies have been increasingly bold about pushing those limits. Often times it is hard to tell if a program violates those limits since particpants are put under strict NDAs.
    • _heimdall 2y ago
      That sounds like a definitional problem though. If a person is choosing to volunteer are they really an employee? I general don't agree with NDAs though, so on that front we definitely agree there's an issue there. Especially for a volunteer, I would never sign an NDA when I'm volunteering my time and effort.