What has the tech industry ever resisted on moral or reputational grounds?

sonofhans an hour ago | parent | next [-]

This is sarcastically-stated but an excellent point, and an honest answer will come up with a vanishingly small list. We geeks may think we care about Important Things, but our industry cares for nothing but money and power — morality is a hindrance to the accumulation of those.

	▲	pdntspa an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Worse, they exploit our curiosity and open-mindedness to build their empires for them. Which we willingly do because cool shiny shit. Nerd-sniping as a weapon of oppression
	▲	Throaway199999 an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		llm made this post?

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abound an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

One example I can think of is Google + Project Maven [1], where Google was partnering with the DoD but "withdrew in 2018 after internal protests". Though they've since partnered with the DoD on other initiatives [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Maven

[2] https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/us-dep...

	▲	MattGaiser an hour ago \| parent [-]
		That is probably the most notable example and in the end, those few still lost.

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burnte an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Maybe it's time to start.