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Re:Whistleblowers: Software keeping inmates in Arizona priso... by bitL on Monday February 22, 2021 @04:07PM (#26230630)
> if the software we are building is making the world a better place

No, it's now all about "extracting value", "rent seeking", "subscriptions", "censorship", "monopoly" and "control". We got bribed by FAANG and this is the consequence.

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Re:Whistleblowers: Software keeping inmates in Arizona priso... by Bakary on Monday February 22, 2021 @10:32PM (#26233556)
Bribed implies the natural course of the tech worker would be altruistic, which is quite the assumption
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