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Which tech company is really the most evil?

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    stu2b50
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    I feel like some of this is ridiculous AirBnB is more evil than Baidu, a company that actively performs censorship on behalf of its government? Cloudflare is right next to 8Chan in evilness?...

    I feel like some of this is ridiculous

    AirBnB is more evil than Baidu, a company that actively performs censorship on behalf of its government?

    Cloudflare is right next to 8Chan in evilness?

    ORACLE is more evil than everything I just mentioned, with their sin being the stupid court battle with Google? Seriously? That's more evil than 8Chan?

    Tesla is more evil than all those, because...

    Tesla has been criticized for using the term “autopilot” to describe its vehicles’ less-than-autonomous driver-assist feature, since drivers may put too much faith in a feature that is not meant to do the work for them

    ???

    This seems like pure clickbait ngl

    24 votes
    1. JakeTheDog
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      Yea, but it's not like Slate is bastion of quality and rigor to begin with...

      Yea, but it's not like Slate is bastion of quality and rigor to begin with...

      2 votes
  2. NaraVara
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    One of the challenges with rank ordering this stuff is being able to ascribe mens rea, or "evil intent" to what they're doing. Some of these tools are tools that are used for evil. Others, like...

    One of the challenges with rank ordering this stuff is being able to ascribe mens rea, or "evil intent" to what they're doing. Some of these tools are tools that are used for evil. Others, like these stalking apps, seem like the tool itself is designed with evil intent.

    I'm not actually sure how to weight that though. Like Baidu isn't designed for evil, but because of its breadth and scope it is used to do great evil. These stalking apps are designed for evil, but they arguably have a much lower overall impact on the amount of evil in the world.

    8 votes
  3. [3]
    mrbig
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    Well, because "evil" is both broad and highly subjective an article with that title is probably an exercise in futility (that is also why the motto don't be evil was meaningless from the start). A...

    Well, because "evil" is both broad and highly subjective an article with that title is probably an exercise in futility (that is also why the motto don't be evil was meaningless from the start).

    A narrower scope would be more productive, such as: "less privacy-conscious", "worst working conditions", etc.

    4 votes
    1. [2]
      moocow1452
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      So what you're saying is we need the Evil Tech Company Oscars?

      So what you're saying is we need the Evil Tech Company Oscars?

      3 votes
      1. mrbig
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        Uhhh... maybe? :P

        Uhhh... maybe? :P

        2 votes