[danarmak]

Then you'll have to withstand at least one party: twitter mobs, editorials, maybe employee protests or resignations. Both you personally, and your company. It's not surprising that many companies give in. They want to make a product and make money, not to make a political or moral stand.

[cercatrova]

That's also fine, Coinbase is doing that, and giving generous severence packages to leaving employees as well. There will always be detractors but most people won't really care.

[nullc]

Conveniently not mentioned in the article, though it saw fit to point out that "About 60 Coinbase employees, or 5 percent of the work force, have resigned,"