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Re:Overview of alternative open source front-ends for popula... by andrewflnr on Monday December 20, 2021 @01:26AM (#29622035)
"Made a business decision" is not the same as "it's ok", and it's dangerous to conflate these. I'm not sure where posting on Facebook falls, but for a relatively clear-cut case consider "made a business decision to not bother with wheelchair accessibility".
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Re:Overview of alternative open source front-ends for popula... by afavour on Monday December 20, 2021 @01:30AM (#29622044)
There are laws preventing you from ignoring wheelchair accessibility. As a society we have decided it is important. We’ve done no such thing for keeping information on Facebook only.
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Re:Overview of alternative open source front-ends for popula... by guerrilla on Monday December 20, 2021 @03:10AM (#29622466)
That's not a counterargument since maybe we should.
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Re:Overview of alternative open source front-ends for popula... by andrewflnr on Monday December 20, 2021 @05:19PM (#29631132)
We have those laws because we had already decided that was a Not Ok business decision. That was true before the laws came into effect, and would hold even if we didn't manage to pass the laws at all. Moreover passing laws is not the only way to express a shared moral judgment. Anyway, I was very explicit about it not being exactly the same situation.
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