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It's not at all different from loving music written by drug addicts whom you wouldn't want as friends. Software developers are people too.

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Those drug addict musicians that track your every move online, sell your data, make billions from advertising, influence elections. Totally "not at all different".

Good point. Also, almost 100% of the time, the actual musicians get peanuts. Taylor Swifts are 1/10^8.

Out of all the music I listen to on purpose, maybe 20% is popular. I doubt the artists behind the other songs I listen to are multi-millionaires.

I like the analogy. Sorta offtopic, but I was thinking about how morally falsy it is to buy albums of those artists, because well, most likely a big part of the revenue will be spent on drugs and on continuing that lifestyle.

Just because you don't like something doesn't mean you think it is immoral.

For example, many people against Facebook simply want to be in better control of their online identities, and have privacy. I am in this boat. I don't think Facebook is 'evil', or sharing my data with 3rd parties is a 'sin'; I just think society would be better off if privacy of this kind were more strongly controlled by individual choice, rather than the whim of a corporation.

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