Re:I was let go for refusing to deploy a dark pattern
by CardenB on Friday June 25, 2021 @07:53PM
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He isn’t applying the logic to everything, he is applying it to one thing.
It’s possible for the argument to be true in this context and false in another context.
Re:I was let go for refusing to deploy a dark pattern
by mdgrech23 on Friday June 25, 2021 @08:53PM
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so I take it you don't have a mortgage or a family to support?
Re:I was let go for refusing to deploy a dark pattern
by saurik on Saturday June 26, 2021 @01:27AM
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But that is a different argument with a different justification: "we knew it was unethical, but we needed the money (and couldn't really personally afford taking this stance today as we didn't have alternative ethical jobs lined up that could pay as much; <- implied) and so, on the balance, we are OK with our decision" is simply not the same as "someone else would have done it anyway, so we can feel OK that we did it ourselves".
That's a very bad argument. If you guide yourself by that logic then you can't really blame anyone for doing anything, because everything is justified.