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Re:The Rise of User-Hostile Software [2021] by trinsic2 on Friday December 23, 2022 @03:06PM (#34110031)
> Honestly, that's not a great example. Re-evaluating your ethical impact on the world is not the same as understanding the direct consequences of your daily work. Both are important, but really different.

Why does the difference matter again?

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Re:The Rise of User-Hostile Software [2021] by fanso99 on Friday December 23, 2022 @03:46PM (#34110427)
Because looking back at the decades of your work while being retired is just a sweet ethical exercise with very few direct personal and financial consequences.

If you are an engineer employing dark UX patterns _today_ you must look at yourself and evaluate the ethics of your work _today_. This will likely have direct personal and financial consequences.

So the stakes are completely different.

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