> You’re not working at the Parts of the company that are doing evil directly

This must be a comforting mental gymnastics.

UTF-8 is nice but let's be honest, it's not like he was doing charitable work for the poor.

He worked for the biggest Adware/Spyware company in tech and became rich and famous doing it.

The fact that his projects had other uses doesn't absolve the ethical concerns IMO.

> I think the United States is a force for evil on net but I still live and pay taxes here.

I think this is an unfair comparison. People are forced to pay taxes and many can't just get up an leave their country. Rob on the other hand, had plenty of options.