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Re:I am no longer able to use Google with Lynx by mavrc on Monday November 25, 2019 @02:38PM (#21631922)
> Greed and morality can't mix. I personally support morals.

Hold up, your position is that users that prefer something 'easy to use' as opposed to something 'powerful' are immoral? What am I missing here?

Re:I am no longer able to use Google with Lynx by ajna91 on Monday November 25, 2019 @03:36PM (#21632511)
I thought the parent was referring to the developers/business choice as being immoral, not the customers.

If I choose to offer predatory loans which I would never accept for my friends or family to a community that is not financially savvy, and someone calls me out on it, it doesn't fly to say "hey, what do you have against these people taking advantage of my easy to use service?".

Re:I am no longer able to use Google with Lynx by Endy on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @05:31PM (#21643437)
What you're missing is that I'm talking about developers having a choice between providing the best possible product in a technical sense, or simply going the way of profit and greed. To me, when you knowingly produce a substandard product and seek non-savvy users, that's an immoral act. I believe the goal should be to constantly raise the floor, not lower the ceiling.
Re:I am no longer able to use Google with Lynx by CDSlice on Monday November 25, 2019 @02:39PM (#21631935)
How can what the parent did be considered immoral? It's not like they pushed tracking and ads down their customers throats, they just made the interface easier for people to use.
Re:I am no longer able to use Google with Lynx by dmos62 on Monday November 25, 2019 @03:26PM (#21632417)
Parent's idea, as far as I can tell, not that I lean any which way, is that if you create a deficient product because you're financially incentivized, that's immoral.