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Re:I created the exact same app in React and Vue by anonytrary on Sunday July 29, 2018 @11:48PM (#17641905)
> It’s not owned by a reprehensible consumer surveillance utility

I don't like Facebook that much either, but that doesn't mean they don't write useful software.

> The other half is also programmer happiness, due to impedance matching with Rails.

So impedance matching with a limited technology is a good thing? I find that to be... a limitation.

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Re:I created the exact same app in React and Vue by inopinatus on Monday July 30, 2018 @02:59AM (#17642555)
Utility does not improve ethics, which is why making the trains run on time did not excuse Italian fascism. Choosing React is to condone its owner.
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Re:I created the exact same app in React and Vue by ncmncm on Monday July 30, 2018 @05:24PM (#17648178)
Fascist trains didn't really run on time. It is just that nobody could say they didn't.

But, yes, utility is poorly correlated with ethics, at least in the short term. Longer term, maybe not. Ethical failure has a way of gumming up communication paths.

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