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Re:Philips Hue will soon force users to create an account by bananapub on Thursday September 21, 2023 @08:51AM (#37596879)
> Right: It's not the companies' fault they're engaging in deceptive and unfair business practices; they're profit-maximizing machines. They don't care about trust or know what it is.

this is an extremely dumb take, of course the people working at companies are responsible for bad dumb decisions that make their products worse.

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Re:Philips Hue will soon force users to create an account by solarkraft on Thursday September 21, 2023 @12:03PM (#37599659)
The people who actually act responsibly tend to be ousted and replaced by those who instead primarily look after profits. See my other comment.
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