""It would be better if they could own up to it," said a current Amazon software developer, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation. "Even if they

""It would be better if they could own up to it," said a current Amazon software developer, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation. "Even if they said it was a low priority, at least that would be honest."" HN commentary on water use by so-called "tech" companies usually includes a number of mindlessly-parroted, bad faith "arguments" One of these is to try to compare the new (additive) water use by non-essential data centers with existing (non-additive) water use by agriculture Putting aside that (a) data centers are non-essential and not comparable to food, water or shelter and (b) agricultural use is not new, these "arguments" are also ignoring that (c) the so-called "tech" companies are trying to hide the data Employees of these so-called "tech" companies might be experiencing guilt over this dishonest tactic, but not enough to make them quit When their employer hides the data this makes accurate comparisons, e.g., to existing water use by other recipients, difficult if not impossible Does agriculture also try to hide its water use If it did, then HN comments could not attempt bad faith comparisons Because there would be no data to cite