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Not sure its justified to put it in any bucket right away for couple reasons - Terminology is realistic - Everything mentioned is feasible and more or less th

Not sure its justified to put it in any bucket right away for couple reasons - Terminology is realistic - Everything mentioned is feasible and more or less thats how a business works on the idea of extracting maximum profit - Caveat is, whatever has been called out is most likely legal so the company is legally playing by the rules, its just some ones moral compass that does not wants to accept it

tsimionescu 10mo ago
The biggest red flag to me is the confident claims about where the money is going. I really don't think it's plausible to any extent that a backend developer for a major app would have any idea whatsoever to what account any particular fee is being deposited (they might know the account number if they worked on that area, but knowing that the account represents a legal fund or whatever is extremely unlikely).
- RealCodingOtaku 10mo ago
  Not backing up the claims, but, You don't need to know the account or account number, just need to know the transaction logic, which most backend developer will know of as long as they work in that area. If the product managers keep boasting about their new strategy (which I have seen in almost all companies I have worked for), even the juniors will know what's going on.
  - ramsey72 10mo ago
    Except this is complete bullshit. Money is anonymous. Why would they have some kind of pipeline account that goes directly from the fees to political spend? Why wouldn't the fees just go to a generic revenue account and the lobbying would come out of the same account? This is like claiming someone set up a special account where all their paychecks on rainy days get spent directly on weed. It makes zero sense.
    - hajile 10mo ago
      Stick around any corporation (especially one that is heavily regulated and has a revolving door with the government) and you'll hear all kinds of stories. I'd put this into that bucket of "someone I trust told me they heard the story from someone they trust". It means the story may not be true and they don't have any hard evidence, but they found it believable enough to repeat.
    - RealCodingOtaku 10mo ago
      Erm… I don't understand what you are saying. > Money is anonymous. Unless you pay in cash (or some cryptocurrency that doesn't leave traces), money is not anonymous. Not sure what made you make that claim. > Why would they have some kind of pipeline account that goes directly from the fees to political spend? Is the pipeline account you mention here the delivery company's account? > This is like claiming someone set up a special account where all their paychecks on rainy days get spent directly on weed. It makes zero sense. Pretty sure that already happens, that's one of many ways to do tax evasion with offshore accounts.

tsimionescu 10mo ago

The biggest red flag to me is the confident claims about where the money is going. I really don't think it's plausible to any extent that a backend developer for a major app would have any idea whatsoever to what account any particular fee is being deposited (they might know the account number if they worked on that area, but knowing that the account represents a legal fund or whatever is extremely unlikely).

RealCodingOtaku 10mo ago
Not backing up the claims, but, You don't need to know the account or account number, just need to know the transaction logic, which most backend developer will know of as long as they work in that area. If the product managers keep boasting about their new strategy (which I have seen in almost all companies I have worked for), even the juniors will know what's going on.
- ramsey72 10mo ago
  Except this is complete bullshit. Money is anonymous. Why would they have some kind of pipeline account that goes directly from the fees to political spend? Why wouldn't the fees just go to a generic revenue account and the lobbying would come out of the same account? This is like claiming someone set up a special account where all their paychecks on rainy days get spent directly on weed. It makes zero sense.
  - hajile 10mo ago
    Stick around any corporation (especially one that is heavily regulated and has a revolving door with the government) and you'll hear all kinds of stories. I'd put this into that bucket of "someone I trust told me they heard the story from someone they trust". It means the story may not be true and they don't have any hard evidence, but they found it believable enough to repeat.
  - RealCodingOtaku 10mo ago
    Erm… I don't understand what you are saying. > Money is anonymous. Unless you pay in cash (or some cryptocurrency that doesn't leave traces), money is not anonymous. Not sure what made you make that claim. > Why would they have some kind of pipeline account that goes directly from the fees to political spend? Is the pipeline account you mention here the delivery company's account? > This is like claiming someone set up a special account where all their paychecks on rainy days get spent directly on weed. It makes zero sense. Pretty sure that already happens, that's one of many ways to do tax evasion with offshore accounts.