Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 16 hours agoDiscord Distances Itself From Age Verification Firm After Ties To Palantir’s Peter Thiel Surfacekotaku.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up199cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up199external-linkDiscord Distances Itself From Age Verification Firm After Ties To Palantir’s Peter Thiel Surfacekotaku.comChris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Technology@beehaw.org · 16 hours agomessage-square15fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareUnusable 3151 ⁂@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 hours agoI think you answered your own question. To expect them to do anything other than what will increase their wealth is naïve. Anything that seemed like a “moral” thing that they did in the past simply happened to be more convenient.
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours agoYeah, I suppose so. It just sucks that it seems like every single company is run by a monster.
minus-squareDeyis@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoBecause companies have a legal responsibility to increase value to shareholders; morals don’t enter into it.
minus-squareUnusable 3151 ⁂@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 hours agoOnly people who are okay with being monsters are allowed to take and keep those roles. That’s capitalism, baby.
I think you answered your own question. To expect them to do anything other than what will increase their wealth is naïve. Anything that seemed like a “moral” thing that they did in the past simply happened to be more convenient.
Yeah, I suppose so. It just sucks that it seems like every single company is run by a monster.
Because companies have a legal responsibility to increase value to shareholders; morals don’t enter into it.
Only people who are okay with being monsters are allowed to take and keep those roles. That’s capitalism, baby.