You are right. But I bought one knowingly and it works well.
Microsoft has been a horrible, anti competitor company built on unethical values yet I chose their Office 365 in my company. Many here use their products and take a salary from such a company.
Google has left the “don’t be evil” in the dust, with anti competitive measures and short changing employees. Hardly ethical, yet widely used in this crowd, and many here choose to draw a salary from them.
I hate the Castro brothers and what it does to Cuban people, but I do smoke a cigar now and then.
I hate Nestle, but have a Nespresso.
I hate Big Oil but drive an ICE as is only viable option.
And so on.
My point is both parts are right. Companies can un unethical or illegal things, we can stay away from their products out of principles, or cave in out of (a) having no principles or (b) being practical.
In reality I think we all cave in a bit (even Stallman and co), so virtue signaling for choosing the hard path sometimes feels hypocrital.
Microsoft has been a horrible, anti competitor company built on unethical values yet I chose their Office 365 in my company. Many here use their products and take a salary from such a company.
Google has left the “don’t be evil” in the dust, with anti competitive measures and short changing employees. Hardly ethical, yet widely used in this crowd, and many here choose to draw a salary from them.
I hate the Castro brothers and what it does to Cuban people, but I do smoke a cigar now and then.
I hate Nestle, but have a Nespresso.
I hate Big Oil but drive an ICE as is only viable option.
And so on.
My point is both parts are right. Companies can un unethical or illegal things, we can stay away from their products out of principles, or cave in out of (a) having no principles or (b) being practical.
In reality I think we all cave in a bit (even Stallman and co), so virtue signaling for choosing the hard path sometimes feels hypocrital.