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Re:Adobe tricks users into a 12 month contract by renewiltord on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:18PM (#30223295)
This is true. It’s a threshold. So sometimes when I think to myself “Should I be spending time fighting to ensure people are not dying at the hands of a fundamentalist religious organization or should I be spending my time lowering prices for a high end graphics editor?” I always try to remember that these are equivalent tasks. It doesn’t matter which I do. I am bringing the same amount of good to the world.
Re:Adobe tricks users into a 12 month contract by tux3 on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:22PM (#30223337)
Pears are sweet. Yet Coca-Cola is sweeter. Both deserve the label, that doesn't mean some things can't be even sweeter than other.

Similarly, there are shades of evil. Inventing some new greater evil does not invalidate the regular kind.

Re:Adobe tricks users into a 12 month contract by renewiltord on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:27PM (#30223396)
A fair point, and I must concede to it.
Re:Adobe tricks users into a 12 month contract by Macha on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:29PM (#30223418)
Were I to crack Photoshop and provide it to 10s to 100s of business in my local city, should Adobe stay quiet and not complain, because there are people doing the same and uploading it to pirate bay where it's available to millions?

I think the answer is clearly not. There is no reason why it should be invalid to criticise any act, just because it is not the worst act.

Re:Adobe tricks users into a 12 month contract by renewiltord on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:38PM (#30223508)
You are evil for saying “doing to the same”. In a categorical sense, you and Hitler are similar: eeevilll