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		bananapub on Sept 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Philips Hue will soon force users to create an acc... > Right: It's not the companies' fault they're engaging in deceptive and unfair business practices; they're profit-maximizing machines. They don't care about trust or know what it is. this is an extremely dumb take, of course the people working at companies are responsible for bad dumb decisions that make their products worse.

solarkraft on Sept 21, 2023 [–]

The people who actually act responsibly tend to be ousted and replaced by those who instead primarily look after profits. See my other comment.

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