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The lesson is that corporations will take, take, take no matter what. They will never honor any kind of social contract, and will always abuse anyone and everyone for profit to the maximum extent they are able.

So stop letting them take advantage of you.

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Thermal_shocked@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
And if they make a mistake, “my bad”. You make a mistake and it’s $100 in fees.

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speaker_hat@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Unless, usually, they are a not for profit organization.

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- jhulten@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Even then. Look at the way they pay people and treat volunteers…
  
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  - speaker_hat@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I agree that there are also organizations from this kind
    
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- PorkTaco@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Or at least not a corporation that is expected to provide infinite growth for their shareholders.
  
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hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
And push for legislation that doesn’t allow em to do this in the first place.

Cause it doesn’t make it right, but on some level it’s hard to blame them for pushing the limits, if there’s no resistance or repercussion. That’s how we ended up in this mess.

Tech moves fast. Government moves slow. Most of these issues boil down to legislative failures.

I go hard when it comes to this. Firefox + uBlock Origin, use open source alternatives, don’t communicate outside of Signal, 2FA on everything, you name it. And it’s exhausting at times, not gonna lie. But my effort reinforces my sentiment that it shouldn’t fall to the consumer to put in all this effort just to have some a basic, healthy blend of convenience, privacy, and security.

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