Facebook being investigated in Germany for tying Oculus use to Facebook accounts

Re:Facebook being investigated in Germany for tying Oculus u... by zionic on Thursday December 10, 2020 @12:07PM (#25375776)

This won’t get positive traction here but whatever: I was in an elevator in Austin a few years ago for a conference.

Older guy, mid 50’s maybe, gets on and says “oh are you a googler?” Me: “Are you? Him: “Yeah I’m in XXXX group” Me: “That’s disgusting, Google is an evil company and you should quit”.

Dude was visibly shocked, and I got off the elevator and never saw him again. If more people told the employees of surveillance capitalism company’s just how terrible they are for working for them they’d have a lot harder time recruiting.

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Re:Facebook being investigated in Germany for tying Oculus u... by vvG94KbDUtRa on Thursday December 10, 2020 @01:28PM (#25376710)

so you were a total dick to a random person and you're writing this story like you're the hero?

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Re:Facebook being investigated in Germany for tying Oculus u... by joshspankit on Thursday December 10, 2020 @12:35PM (#25376133)

I feel like the tide is shifting.

Original Google said “Don’t be evil”, and the employees stood up for the integrity of the company when needed.

Now, Alphabet as the large company did not bring over that motto, and in fact Google has now removed it.

And if the things we see publicly are accurate, the employee’s faith in Google is shaken.

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Re:Facebook being investigated in Germany for tying Oculus u... by unix_fan on Thursday December 10, 2020 @01:36PM (#25376800)

I believe that’s being rude for no actual reason.

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Re:Facebook being investigated in Germany for tying Oculus u... by ss248 on Thursday December 10, 2020 @02:14PM (#25377247)

There is a clear reason - to make them uncomfortable. Nobody forced them to work there, and it is obvious to everyone what kind of future they are building there. If you exchange your soul for a good paycheck, this is just what you get.

The alternative is "Oh, you work at Schutzstaffel? That's cool!". That he has done is morally correct.

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Re:Facebook being investigated in Germany for tying Oculus u... by LordDragonfang on Thursday December 10, 2020 @02:18PM (#25377295)

Google has an absolute overabundance of people lining up to work for them. Telling the moral people that they should quit just results in a company filled with amoral people.

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