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Re:Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish by nal10 on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @01:32PM (#23249523)
People were shouted down here 5-10 years ago for predicting that Google might turn evil, now it's almost a mainstream opinion here.

You know, simple predictions are often correct. But ignore it (especially if your salary depends on it).

Re:Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish by Voloskaya on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @02:38PM (#23250220)
For any company brought up here, there are people that say it is/will turn evil, so it is not exactly surprising that some of them are sometimes right. A broken clock is right twice a day bla bla.
Re:Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish by nurb on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @01:46PM (#23249692)
Salary is no excuse, just avoid working for ill-intention companies. You'll feel better and the world will be as well.

This is the only way to make a difference.

Re:Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish by r00fus on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @05:06PM (#23251810)
Making conscience-free salary doesn't necessarily mean it'll always be that way. Companies change, people change.

Are you suggesting people change companies every time they uncover their existing employer did something unethical/immoral?

I say this as someone whose employer in the past turned into a patent troll - as a new parent and during a downturn it was difficult to switch jobs for quite some time.

Re:Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish by Taek on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @01:41PM (#23249620)
Who would have thought in 2010 that 10 years from now Google would be a front runner for "most evil and controlling company on the planet" and that Microsoft would be the leading / dominant corporation in open source.

I'm not sure if I would have had a harder time believing that, or a harder time believing that Donald Trump of The Apprentice would become president of the United States in 2016.