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Re:Mozilla Wants Young People to Consider ‘Ethical Issues’ B... by ForHackernews on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @03:54PM (#22121920)
1) I disagree. I believe Mozilla is right, and engineers should consider the ethical implications of the things they're asked to build. This argument would be valid even if made by Mark Zuckerberg himself.
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Re:Mozilla Wants Young People to Consider ‘Ethical Issues’ B... by jshevek on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @03:57PM (#22121947)
I'm fairly certain that the parent meant to say that the original criticism of Mozilla did not make any statement about whether the content of Mozilla's proselytizing is right or wrong.
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Re:Mozilla Wants Young People to Consider ‘Ethical Issues’ B... by ForHackernews on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @03:59PM (#22121963)
Ok, then I guess we can all agree Mozilla are big stinky baddies and also that this is good advice.
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Re:Mozilla Wants Young People to Consider ‘Ethical Issues’ B... by pb7 on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @04:16PM (#22122127)
Yes, we can.
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Re:Mozilla Wants Young People to Consider ‘Ethical Issues’ B... by jshevek on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @03:59PM (#22121966)
Nobody has claimed that Mozilla's argument is invalid just because Mozilla are hypocrites for making it. People are expressing displeasure over Mozilla's hypocrisy, which is a valid issue, orthogonal to the merits of their proselytizing.

Edit: Sorry if I come across as belaboring, I hadn't read your other post. :)

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