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Still not excusing them, but these HN responses are very hypocritical. US tech is built on the "go fast, break things" mentality. Companies with huge backers
by michaelteter 1y ago
Still not excusing them, but these HN responses are very hypocritical.
US tech is built on the "go fast, break things" mentality. Companies with huge backers routinely fail at security, and some of them actually spend money to suppress those who expose the companies' poor privacy/security practices.
If anything, college kids could at least reasonably claim ignorance, whereas a lot of HN folks here work for companies who do far worse and get away with it.
Some companies, some unicorns, knowingly and wilfully break laws to get ahead. But they're big, and people are getting rich working for them, so we don't crucify them.
- ruszki 1y ago“Go fast, break things” was invented at places where the best developers worked on the world. Applying the mentality without great developers is not how great startups were made.
- mianos 1y agoIt’s also why other regulatory zones outside the US, with much stronger privacy laws like the EU, don’t seem to produce as much innovation, while the US and China keep churning out new stuff. It’s a trade-off between shipping fast and courting risk. I’m not judging one over the other; it comes down to what you’re willing to accept, not what you wish for.
- tmcdos 1y agoI would definitely accept more privacy rather than more innovation.
- fennecfoxy 1y agoBut money!
- make3 1y agoI'm not sure hypocritical is the right word as you have no idea who parent is, maybe it's Pope Bob for all you know