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by Mustachio 922 days ago
I don't think that's a good way of thinking about it. Just because programmers might have better job security doesn't mean other motivators for not wanting to get fired exist.
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Whatever other motivation you have it should not be enough for you to do illegal/highly unethical things.

This is why we need very strong whistleblower protections.

Which also applies to everyone else. The programmer job security just makes that easier in most cases.

Which is not really my point as to why they should be held responsible. The reason is the real world consequences of their actions and the scale and ease of introducing negative consequences by tech creators.