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The comment you're replying to pretty much describes it as a political choice? I don't see why that doesn't track at all.
by Vinnl 1y ago
The comment you're replying to pretty much describes it as a political choice? I don't see why that doesn't track at all.
- simianwords 1y agoSorry I meant ideological choice.
- Vinnl 1y agoWell, that too? Wanting data protection rights, not wanting to potentially suddenly be subject to tariffs, etc. seems to fit that mould.
- simianwords 1y agoHow does it personally help his company?
- Vinnl 1y agoI'm not sure I understand the question, since a company is not a person, but it helps the company to attract customers if they're subject to reputable data protection laws, and they can better plan for the future and retain more profit if they don't have to prepare for e.g. sudden tariffs that could be instituted on a whim?
- bee_rider 1y agoIs this really a meaningful distinction? It is good to have your company in a place that is politically/ideologically compatible with yourself, and also your business model.
- simianwords 1y agoYes it is a meaningful distinction. If I move my company to Saudi Arabia because I am a Muslim wouldn’t that be an important detail?
- bee_rider 1y agoSorry, I think I was unclear. In your follow up post, you said, initially you said political choice, but actually now you mean ideological. Is there a meaningful distinction between political, and ideological, in this context? Like if you moved to Saudi Arabia, and the motivating concern was ideological rather than political… I don’t know, what’s the difference? Is it a big picture vs little details thing? I bet the reasons for the move were: ideological, political, lifestyle (maybe they have better weather and nicer cities)—moving countries is a big decision.
- simianwords 1y agoOk I was the one unclear. I meant it was ideological and not related to practical matters of running the company. The difference between ideological and practical (not political) is crucial. Practical reasons can generalise to everyone but not ideological reason. I wouldn’t move to Saudi for example because I’m not a Muslim. But if I were to understand that he moved due to practical reasons that matter for his core business then that is generalisable.
- bee_rider 1y agoI think the line is still a bit fuzzy in the case of a small single-proprietor (at least as far as I know, maybe he hired some more folks, I haven’t been keeping track) company like SourceHut. I mean, it is a company that has become well known around here because the owner made a lot of practical, nuts-and-bolts decisions aligned to his ideology (like the decision to price things from the start to make a reasonable little profit, an explicit rejection of the hypergrowth ideology). > Practical reasons can generalise to everyone but not ideological reason. I wouldn’t move to Saudi for example because I’m not a Muslim. But if I were to understand that he moved due to practical reasons that matter for his core business then that is generalisable. I think I sort of disagree that practical reasons are universally generalizable in a way that ideological reasons aren’t. Practical reasons are generalizable in some cases, but your ability to learn practical lessons from somebody else will depend on how your situations are practically similar. Ideological reasons are also generalizable in some sense—I mean, lots of people have similar ideological beliefs. And SourceHut was founded on ideological principles that are not universally held, but which are widespread enough for folks here to at least be curious about them here.