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Re:The endless browser wars by amelius on Friday February 05, 2021 @03:39PM (#26040886)
> So someone who claims strict moral integrity and then falls short of that is seen as less trustworthy than someone who is upfront about being shady and then surprisingly acts less shady than expected.

I don't think this effect exists at all. Google broke "don't be evil" and people still massively choose to use Google services as if nothing ever happened.

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Re:The endless browser wars by foolmeonce on Friday February 05, 2021 @07:15PM (#26042861)
I'd say it's more about other groupings we simultaneously apply to members of the browser group.

Mozilla has to live up to ethics norms we assume for nonprofits in the free software domain which might be Apache or FSF? Google has to live up to UX(?) norms for corporate tech giants, maybe MS and Apple?

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