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Re:I Switched to Firefox and Never Looked Back by snarfy on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @09:36AM (#42697687)
It's not the engineers making these decisions. They write the code they are told to write. Some middle manager / VP gets a promotion if they 'increase engagement', 'increase ad-spend', or some other hollow metric they chase. They are the ones deciding to send any 1-3 star ratings to customer support, and 4-5 ratings recorded as an actual rating. It's not about the users at all. It's about gaming the system for some manager's benefit.
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Re:I Switched to Firefox and Never Looked Back by LegitShady on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @10:06AM (#42698078)
I am not a person who normally moralizes to others, but I can say I have quit jobs where I found the work to be unethical or that company policies required me to bend my ethics.

The engineers implement all of the "features" that these management types decide on. I understand there are infinite engineers so eventually the features will get implemented, but I do not blame the managers alone for tasks done by unethical engineers who do not consider the effect of their work in the long run.

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Re:I Switched to Firefox and Never Looked Back by adamc on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @10:12AM (#42698156)
This. If you only shoot the crowds when your overlord demands it, that does not make you innocent.
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Re:I Switched to Firefox and Never Looked Back by snarfy on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @10:40AM (#42698577)
Yes because implementing a pop-up is akin to murder.
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Re:I Switched to Firefox and Never Looked Back by adamc on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @11:30AM (#42699487)
The moral issues are the same even when the gravity of the offense is different.
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Re:I Switched to Firefox and Never Looked Back by snarfy on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @10:39AM (#42698551)
That's privilege talking. Not everyone is in a position to quit their jobs over the morality of implementing a pop-up.
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Re:I Switched to Firefox and Never Looked Back by ryandrake on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @04:40PM (#42704275)
Same here. Ultimately, the engineer is the one typing in the code and hitting submit. They are at the very least complicit and need to at least share responsibility.
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