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Re:Airport lounges will let anyone in, provided you can fake... by eunoia on Friday August 04, 2017 @04:54PM (#14932166)
I agree, it's not 100% okay. I wouldn't feel bad doing it though. I also wouldn't do it in a situation where my presence hurts another paying customer (i.e. full lounge).

My personal ethics apply to how my actions impact other living things. I don't lose sleep worrying if I've wronged an entity created solely for the purpose of maximizing shareholder value.

I'm honestly surprised how many people don't agree with that. To each their own I suppose.

Edit: You're totally right about the futility of trying to shove all of us into any one descriptive bucket though. That was a mistake.

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Re:Airport lounges will let anyone in, provided you can fake... by hueving on Friday August 04, 2017 @07:17PM (#14933163)
>I'm honestly surprised how many people don't agree with that. To each their own I suppose.

You're advocating for stealing from businesses. When enough people like you do this, it results in either higher prices for honest people or the loss of a service entirely.

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Re:Airport lounges will let anyone in, provided you can fake... by imron on Friday August 04, 2017 @10:56PM (#14933985)
> I'm honestly surprised how many people don't agree with that.

At some level, most people think everyone else thinks and behaves similarly to them, and are surprised when they find out that they don't. That's why projection is a thing.

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Re:Airport lounges will let anyone in, provided you can fake... by arnarbi on Sunday August 06, 2017 @02:48PM (#14942761)
I'm curious, what do you think about public services? E.g. is it ok to ride the bus without paying if you get away with it? What if it only takes a a fake QR code to do so?

Because in the end, even big evil mega-corporations have human stakeholders. For some of them that's their livelyhood. Not everyone is in it out of greed.

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