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minus-squareAtemulinkfedilinkEnglish-10•1 year agoWhat a great argument! You didn’t even read the first sentence… It isn’t an ethical concern and hasn’t been since the 90s. You’ll have to explain to me how not compensating someone for their work has been ethical since the 90s.
minus-square@CileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year ago You’ll have to explain to me how not compensating someone for their work has been ethical since the 90s. Opening my computer up to Malware is not worth the fraction of a penny that the person who did the work will receive from my click.
minus-squareAtemulinkfedilinkEnglish-4•1 year agoTo the person receiving the money, it is worth it. Else they wouldn’t be doing it.
minus-square@CileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-21 year agoI’m glad to hear they are willing to sacrifice the safety of my system for their fraction of a penny.
minus-squareAtemulinkfedilinkEnglish-6•1 year agoCool story bro but you clearly still didn’t even read the first sentence of what I wrote.
minus-squareAtemulinkfedilinkEnglish-4•1 year agoYes and that’s precisely the point. You can make the decision not to pay and there are good reasons to do so (I do so too) but you must recognise that someone is still not getting paid for their work.
What a great argument! You didn’t even read the first sentence…
You’ll have to explain to me how not compensating someone for their work has been ethical since the 90s.
Opening my computer up to Malware is not worth the fraction of a penny that the person who did the work will receive from my click.
To the person receiving the money, it is worth it. Else they wouldn’t be doing it.
I’m glad to hear they are willing to sacrifice the safety of my system for their fraction of a penny.
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Cool story bro but you clearly still didn’t even read the first sentence of what I wrote.
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Yes and that’s precisely the point. You can make the decision not to pay and there are good reasons to do so (I do so too) but you must recognise that someone is still not getting paid for their work.