Re:Google engineer who criticized company in viral comics on...
by billllll on Thursday July 15, 2021 @04:20AM
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I'm always a bit baffled at people ascribing morals to these big companies.
I'd be willing to bet that many Twitter execs would kill to switch places with Google, ethical quandary and all. In that case, it's not that Twitter is more "ethical" than Google because of superior morals, it's because Twitter has not had the same opportunities to trade morals for profit.
I'm not saying this out of moral superiority (I worked for Google), I just think it's silly to expect companies to do the right thing without a strong incentive to.
Re:Google engineer who criticized company in viral comics on...
by mns on Thursday July 15, 2021 @04:55AM
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Because these companies are pretending to be moral, usually until it affects the financial side of things, after that, anything goes, if people don't find out.
I'd be willing to bet that many Twitter execs would kill to switch places with Google, ethical quandary and all. In that case, it's not that Twitter is more "ethical" than Google because of superior morals, it's because Twitter has not had the same opportunities to trade morals for profit.
I'm not saying this out of moral superiority (I worked for Google), I just think it's silly to expect companies to do the right thing without a strong incentive to.