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arrow-up1120arrow-down1external-linkDiscord Distances Itself From Age Verification Firm After Ties To Palantir’s Peter Thiel Surfacekotaku.comChris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 5 days agomessage-square15linkfedilink
minus-squareUnusable 3151 ⁂@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 days agoI think you answered your own question. To expect them to do anything other than what will increase their wealth is naïve. Anything that seemed like a “moral” thing that they did in the past simply happened to be more convenient.
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoYeah, I suppose so. It just sucks that it seems like every single company is run by a monster.
minus-squareDeyis@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoBecause companies have a legal responsibility to increase value to shareholders; morals don’t enter into it.
minus-squareUnusable 3151 ⁂@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoOnly people who are okay with being monsters are allowed to take and keep those roles. That’s capitalism, baby.
I think you answered your own question. To expect them to do anything other than what will increase their wealth is naïve. Anything that seemed like a “moral” thing that they did in the past simply happened to be more convenient.
Yeah, I suppose so. It just sucks that it seems like every single company is run by a monster.
Because companies have a legal responsibility to increase value to shareholders; morals don’t enter into it.
Only people who are okay with being monsters are allowed to take and keep those roles. That’s capitalism, baby.