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by ProAm 2648 days ago
Would people use open source stuff from a morally questionable company? Especially when its just a re-write of existing technology posted to a different github repo?

EDIT People get so up in arms about Google and Microsoft working with China and the military, but Uber has done some horrendous stuff on their own. Just curious where people think the line is OK to be.

3 comments

Using their open source stuff doesn't fund them to do bad things.
Arguably it does indirectly - e.g. being able to say that you're responsible for Popular Tool X might help your brand, make it easier to make sales, etc
The thing with mortality is it's highly subjective. What horrible for one person is perfectly acceptable for other.
React and Angular are quite popular.