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[–] fbievan@fedia.io 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it's mostly because etsy stood for something, then shifted over time to something else.

[–] taanegl@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Seems to be par for the course. When did Google remove "do no evil" as their mantra again? They start off all stary eyed and idealistic, but almost always go "alright give it to the sociopath".

[–] fbievan@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, very unfortunate there

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Google isn't evil. Human morality doesn't apply to an algorithm. They're amoral.

[–] AdminWorker@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Can you start moral and end amoral? I would say that giving up morality is immoral (even if a snapshot of your end state is amoral)

[–] ondoyant@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

its not an algorithm. its a legal box made of people who make choices, and we can make moral judgements about those choices.