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> However, it is a little much for a for-profit, publicly traded company with $4 billion in annual revenue (mostly made from manipulating how their users spend
by dopamean 13y ago
> However, it is a little much for a for-profit, publicly traded company with $4 billion in annual revenue (mostly made from manipulating how their users spend money) to think that other people should do things for them for free.
I'm not sure I understand this. Yahoo! did not have a bounty program that paid out money so if you were submitting a vulnerability you found it would be a little ridiculous to expect any remuneration.
- wpietri 13y agoMy point here is that a for-profit company shouldn't expect random people to do nice things for free. Sometimes they do and that's great. But they shouldn't expect it. The post I was replying to comes from a "let's all help each other out" perspective, which I like and is the mode I want everybody to be in. But the last people who should be pushing that line are those who are making billions of dollars. Especially so when those people are the ones who led the first wave of commercializing the internet. It comes across to me as something like, "Hey, let's all work together so I can line my pockets."
- ars_technician 13y agoI think the message he was portraying more is of the annoyance with someone showing up with a vulnerability and demanding a reward. The same way you might view someone mowing your lawn without your permission and then getting angry when you didn't pay enough for it.
- wpietri 13y agoWho is it that showed up and demanded a reward? I missed that happening.