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Comment Re:If Only This Reflected a Change in Business Sty (Score 0) 95

> If your dream came true you would complain about it anyway.

OMG!!! You're right!

People should not dream of better lives or circumstances. Nor should they dream of freedom or independence. They should definitely not be allowed to pursue happiness because that affects productivity.

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Comment Re:Principles vs Self Interest (Score 1) 76

Godwin is about how a thread deteriorates into people calling each other Nazis, or comparing their opponent to Nazis. That is not what is happening here.

I'm making a historical reference involving Nazis. History seems to remember IBM and the Nazis, so it likely is capable of remembering current day events too.

Mere mention of Nazis is not some magical invocation of Godwin.

Comment Principles vs Self Interest (Score 0) 76

Businesses, or employees of businesses, could exert more pressure on government organs if it weren't for the fact that another business can easily come along and sell the government the product or service that you refuse to sell. End result: you lost profitable business to competitor.

The business might view it as treating all customers equally because they don't care what their employees think.

History can potentially remember things like IBM providing equipment to the Nazis.

(Godwin only applies when someone suggests their debate opponent is, or compares their opponent to a Nazi. It is not invoked for mere mention of Nazis, especially in historical context.)

Comment Re:Continuing to sell an item with a known defect? (Score 4, Insightful) 92

Maybe the 3rd party sellers are stuck with the inventory. They acquired it before the problem was known, or that it was known the manufacturer would not fix. They are stuck with it if they cannot sell it to someone stupid enough to buy it.

I have some sympathy for the third party sellers.

I have no sympathy for the manufacturer who could fix it, especially since it is a defect that never should have been.

If manufacturers had perpetual liability for unfixed IoT crap, then the world would be a lot more secure place. They would plan their development better, knowing they might need to produce patches for a long time. They would plan their design to be more secure in the first place. And maybe, just maybe, they might all get together and work together on a common Linux for router type products that shares a lot of the security work, and its cost among all of the participants.

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