alt Hacker NewsWhat are you even saying? It's like getting upset at somebody who criticizes a criminal because they once helped some grandma across the street. I'm not upset at the criminal because they helped a grandma across the street obviously that's not the fucking point.
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Vinnl • yesterday at 10:45 PM
It's more like criticising a criminal when they are helping some grandma across the street, thereby treating them more harshly than the criminals that don't do that.
(Also known as the "Copenhagen Interpretation of Ethics": https://gwern.net/doc/philosophy/ethics/2015-06-24-jai-theco... )
I'm not upset, I just don't think we should criticize someone for doing something good. Maybe they're a terrible org, maybe they deserve criticism most of the time, but not in this instance.
It's not like you can't point out that they did a good deed, but that they're still in the shitty business of fingerprinting users.
Also, if people only get the stick no matter what they do, then eventually some will embrace the dark side and at least make money out of it. And that's not good for you.