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b00ty4breakfastyesterday at 5:20 PM2 repliesview on HN

You lose little by assuming malicious intent when it comes to billion-dollar tech companies and your money. They can prove otherwise by remedying the situation.


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tedivmyesterday at 5:45 PM

When it comes to understanding large organizations I think a simple principle should apply:

The Purpose of a System is What it Does[1].

Whether malicious or not, the system does what it does. If people wanted it to do something else they would change the system. The reality is that when corporations make mistakes that benefit them those mistakes rarely get fixed without some sort of public outcry, turning the "mistake" into a "feature".

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wha...

tyg13yesterday at 6:34 PM

Not really sure you gain much, either. Unless false confidence is your goal.

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