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Re:Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Inst... by pengaru on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @12:59PM (#44182855)
companies are composed of people

people are usually motivated by more and faster

this means whatever opportunities present themselves for short-term more and faster will have no shortage of takers

TL;DR myopic greed

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Re:Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Inst... by spencerflem on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @01:01PM (#44182879)
I don't think people even are, in general. Most people I meet are very nice and feel a little weird about their employer.

Companies are something else beyond people, which has a mind of its own. And leadership selects for sociopathy.

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Re:Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Inst... by pengaru on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @01:20PM (#44183127)
When you get to a company the size of which we're speaking, there are always takers for the short-term enrich-myself options.

It's really not that complicated, if I squint hard enough it looks like an obvious tragedy of the commons variant.

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Re:Meta found 'covertly tracking' Android users through Inst... by spencerflem on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @01:58PM (#44183608)
No totally, but I don't think most people are like that. 20% maybe? Enough to easily fill every slot but I hate blaming people in general, y'know?
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