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1. k4rli+C4[view] [source] 2023-07-26 10:47:00
>>pabs3+(OP)
Blaming the engineers themselves?
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2. Modern+z5[view] [source] 2023-07-26 10:54:42
>>k4rli+C4
They are the ones doing the work. They certainly have a choice not to.
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3. Frost1+q7[view] [source] 2023-07-26 11:06:47
>>Modern+z5
Makes sense. This is the (labor) market selecting on services it wants to support. Employers like Google have no sort of leverage or responsibility here what-so-ever.
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4. Modern+78[view] [source] 2023-07-26 11:10:36
>>Frost1+q7
I never said they didn’t, but people seem to be arguing the engineers have no responsibility here. And people wonder why the internet and technology sucks — no one wants to own it, even the people who are literally writing the code.

“What choice do I have?” - a Google engineer who drives a brand new Tesla, living in a $10k per month apartment.

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