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Re:Juul, Philip Morris Sued Under Racketeer Act for Targetin... by toomanybeersies on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @05:05AM (#20744985)
A lot of people simply don't care. I've met people who've worked for casinos and tobacco companies in management and decision making roles, and they are fully aware that they are trying to make people addicted and maximise profit on their habits.

I've asked them about the morality of it, and they're apathetic. It's not like some Wolf of Wall Street attitude where they enjoy ripping people off or making addicts, but just corporate apathy. The job pays well and they get to enjoy the finer things in life, so why should they care?

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Re:Juul, Philip Morris Sued Under Racketeer Act for Targetin... by bredren on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @10:57AM (#20747675)
Isn’t consumer-internet hypergrowth built around the same properties? TikTok regularly has posts from teens describing staying up until dawn in the infinite scroll.
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Re:Juul, Philip Morris Sued Under Racketeer Act for Targetin... by cmonnow on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @05:35PM (#20752461)
There are programmers right now creating websites, software and databases to dissemenate (heh) pornography.

It probably requires a different breed of humanity to actively choose to get involved in any vice-related industry.

Or maybe I will do it too given enough incentive.. who knows.

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Re:Juul, Philip Morris Sued Under Racketeer Act for Targetin... by basseq on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @10:00AM (#20747114)
Counter-anecdote: I interned (many years ago) at Altria / Phillip Morris and found everyone I worked with to be very aware and conscious of the impact of their products. There was always a sense of finding that line between creating a good product that people enjoyed, and actively creating transparency and support around the risks created by that product.
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Re:Juul, Philip Morris Sued Under Racketeer Act for Targetin... by Excel_Wizard on Tuesday August 20, 2019 @09:40AM (#20746879)
the banality of evil prevails.
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