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Re:Big Tech are supposed to be the plumbers, not patricians ... by 3grdlurker on Sunday August 08, 2021 @11:03PM (#28112356)
Isn’t this just a consequence of American capitalism? Incentivise companies to optimize for profit, and they’ll do anything to rake in more ad money including violating people’s privacy and curating user-submitted content. We’ll have to fundamentally rethink entire economies before we could see large companies (if they would be, at all, allowed to exist) acting ethically.
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Re:Big Tech are supposed to be the plumbers, not patricians ... by freedomben on Monday August 09, 2021 @10:11AM (#28117054)
I don't know why you're downvoted, because I think this theory on the cause is among the more interesting and nuanced comments. I think you've got an interesting observation there worth considering deeper. Perhaps they disagree with your Marxist conclusion?:

> We’ll have to fundamentally rethink entire economies before we could see large companies (if they would be, at all, allowed to exist) acting ethically.

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