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If the allegations are founded, Netflix needs to be punished harshly for this. As a FANG company, their practices set the tone for the rest of the industry. There are far reaching implications for a company like Netflix getting away with shit like this. Massive punitive damages are in order.

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What is going on with all this cult-following of "FANG" companies? I seriously don't get it. From what I see those are close to the least ethical companies in tech.

It really disturbs me that people chose a job for fame and money in those companies way before choosing an interesting project, or something that you can believe in.

In America, financial success endears more than ethical behavior. And when the financially successful get away with unethical behavior, it reinforces the idea that financial success and ethical behavior are antithetical, which only encourages even more people to behave unethically.

A big part of the problem is that absent strict and attentive government regulation and enforcement of the law, crime does pay. We tell kids that crime doesn't pay, but that's only true when the government is on the ball.

This seems more like a Hollywood situation than a tech situation.

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