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Re:ADP Begins to Roll Out a Zenefits Competitor by gamblor956 on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @01:09PM (#9693695)
Generally, from an ethical perspective, it matters at the point when you choose to build a business on the method of accessing a 3rd party service.

From a legal perspective, the profit-making purpose is irrelevant. Improper access matters when you start using the service.

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Re:ADP Begins to Roll Out a Zenefits Competitor by Lawtonfogle on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @01:16PM (#9693756)
>it matters at the point when you choose to build a business on the method of accessing a 3rd party service.

Why? They are having to pay them and then buy your services for data entry. This is no more unethical than hiring someone to do your banking for you.

Violating an EULA by doing this may be unethical, but in that case, it is violating the EULA that is unethical, not the general practice of providing a new interface.

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Re:ADP Begins to Roll Out a Zenefits Competitor by wvenable on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @01:52PM (#9694031)
Are accountants who access ADP on behalf of their clients doing something unethical? Does it matter if that accountant uses their own scripts or wget to access ADP?

> Improper access matters when you start using the service.

I don't know what this means.

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