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Re:WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton on Why He Left $850M Behind by scarface74 on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @11:27AM (#18076918)
How do we as individuals “require” companies to be ethical? At the end of the day, we don’t have the power to enforce ethics. We have to work within the framework of reality and get everything in writing.
Re:WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton on Why He Left $850M Behind by nemo44x on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @12:19PM (#18077496)
Boycott them and don't purchase or use their products.

If you feel strongly about it go further and organize more people to do the same. Try to convince people who don't feel the company is unethical that it is.

But in the end you can't expect because you don't like a company that your feelings on what should happen to come to be.

It's like so many people complaining on Twitter about Twitter not banning voices they don't like. If you don't like Twitter's policies then stop using their product. If enough people agree with you and do this they will change. If you feel it's worth spending your life organizing people to boycott Twitter then spend your life doing that. But the culture of demanding that platforms must adhere to someones arbitrary expectations as if using their platform is a right is ridiculous.

Re:WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton on Why He Left $850M Behind by jschwartzi on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @01:35PM (#18078326)
This is exactly what I do with Uber. I don't use it. I use Lyft. This is because I don't consider Uber an ethical company, nor do I particularly like their HR and other management practices.

I don't know very much about Lyft but I have yet to hear anything bad about them which is pretty encouraging.

Re:WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton on Why He Left $850M Behind by asveikau on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @06:58PM (#18080963)
I started opting for Lyft after the Susan Fowler thing. But I was doing some travel this year and it was shocking to me that Lyft hasn't expanded outside the US as Uber has.

One of the Uber criticisms is that they don't respect local laws when they do such expansions, so maybe that is part of why Lyft might be more cautious. Still, non-US markets and global user bases are much more of a thing as time goes on, so it feels like they're very severely missing out.

Re:WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton on Why He Left $850M Behind by lazerwalker on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @01:56PM (#18078542)
Peter Thiel is a major investor and board seat holder in Lyft. If your politics lead you to believe Uber is not an ethical company, that might also give you pause.
Re:WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton on Why He Left $850M Behind by hardlianotion on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @02:28PM (#18078862)
Genuine question. Is Peter Thiel known to be unethical?
Re:WhatsApp Cofounder Brian Acton on Why He Left $850M Behind by atomical on Thursday September 27, 2018 @02:27AM (#18082454)
Why does Peter Thiel think Donald Trump is so awesome?