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by paulcole 2612 days ago
We have drawn the line. Right now it’s at Amazon warehouse workers.

Also there is a critical thing to software development: Working for a business that makes money. If you don’t hit that metric, you’ll eventually be out of a job.

Plus, there are many more people who can pick up boxes than there are who can program.

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We haven't draw any line at all, it's simply where it's been pushed so far.
I have drawn a personal line a long time ago. I do not use amazon at all. No PayPal, Hollywood, local restaurants without union contract for the employees and so on. The union have a search app to keep tab on what restaurants are ok. (Sweden only though). We don't have much laws for companies, the unions have to agree with the company organisations for a lot of the rules.
How does that differ from any other situation? Something is acceptable until it isn't...
That's what I'm saying. We haven't drawn any line here, we're just acquiescing at every step.
Then nobody ever draws a line. We just acquiesce at every step.