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by bogomipz
2710 days ago
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>"Ah, the ole "sitting on the sidelines is helpful" argument." That's not even the OPs argument, nor is it some "ole" argument. You have both put words in their mouth and framed it as some classic well-known fallacy of which it is not. The OP is making the distinction between "voting with your feet" which takes real commitment and has immediate effects versus "signing a letter"[1] which involves nothing more than a few seconds of your time without having to leave your desk. If Google has trouble attracting talent due to matters of conscience it directly impacts its abilities to build new services as well as improve existing service in order to increase revenue. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/technology/google-letter-... |
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Also, voting with your feet takes no real commitment when tech jobs for googlers are plentiful and easy. Avoiding working for Google does precisely nothing on it's own.
The closest you get is the non-cooperation type of movement the other reply mentions, which is an active thing, but that's not being suggested here.