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>>perfun+(OP)
One of the quotes seems to imply Amazon should not let oil and gas companies use their cloud services. Having these companies use less efficient alternatives would seem to be a net loss for society. I don’t think there is a positive upside because the change in cost would not be large enough to change output.

>>benmmu+83
It’s not about making the world a better place (consequentialism) it’s about not being associated with wrongness (a kind of virtue ethics).

Once I understood this contemporary activism made much more sense.

>>bradle+Ar
Somewhat. It is also that providing material support and services to these companies, making things cheaper and more efficient for them to operate, prolongs the time these companies are viable and thus prolongs the harms they're causing. That kind of fits under the "association with wrongness" but it's more than just association.