floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agoGoogle gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chromearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1422arrow-down111cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@midwest.socialtechnology@lemmy.worldtech@pawb.socialandroid@kbin.socialhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.orghackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squareJoeCoT@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·10 months agoSpoiler: it fits very few company’s business models. Some companies can avoid it, if their owners/board want to. But once they take venture capital, or go public, they lose that choice. And that “don’t be evil” promise, and most any other, is void.
minus-squareaeternum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoonce they go public, the only goal is MOAR MONEY! reddit will also fall into this trap when/if they go public.
minus-squarethemeatbridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoShareholders can actually sue a business for making ethical decisions that leave money on the table.
minus-squarebeteljuice@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoReddit already fell into the trap a while ago. They’ve started walking into a cave they found in a trap, and now it’s so bad that we are here.
Spoiler: it fits very few company’s business models. Some companies can avoid it, if their owners/board want to. But once they take venture capital, or go public, they lose that choice. And that “don’t be evil” promise, and most any other, is void.
once they go public, the only goal is MOAR MONEY! reddit will also fall into this trap when/if they go public.
Shareholders can actually sue a business for making ethical decisions that leave money on the table.
Reddit already fell into the trap a while ago. They’ve started walking into a cave they found in a trap, and now it’s so bad that we are here.