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Re:Union Is Formed at Los Angeles Times and Publisher Put on... by FussyZeus on Friday January 19, 2018 @05:09PM (#16190308)
Also don't forget it would make it much easier for individual engineers to argue back at Management about employing dark patterns, or directives to make apps/websites addictive and generally harmful.

For as much as people like to gripe about LinkedIn and their variously deceptive practices, marketing heads and executives don't write code. There are engineers in there making that stuff happen.

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Re:Union Is Formed at Los Angeles Times and Publisher Put on... by ng12 on Friday January 19, 2018 @05:15PM (#16190362)
Do you think that's because the developers lack power or it's because they don't really care?
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Re:Union Is Formed at Los Angeles Times and Publisher Put on... by s73ver_ on Friday January 19, 2018 @06:07PM (#16190787)
Some of both. I'd imagine those that cared enough, and felt confident enough in finding another job left, whereas those who weren't in such a position shut up about it.
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Re:Union Is Formed at Los Angeles Times and Publisher Put on... by paxy on Friday January 19, 2018 @05:27PM (#16190460)
What makes you think engineers are against these practices?
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