Most people have bills to pay, mouths to feed, and would be delighted to have a well paid job with a leading tech firm.
And of course, people will say, “you don’t have to live in X, you don’t have to live a lifestyle resembling professional middle class outside the Bay Area, etc.” moving the goal posts...
The government? A church...oh wait
I’m sure Facebook employees are talented and have options for employment, but even they are unlikely to find an employer perfectly aligned with their own moral compass.
And as I wrote earlier: scandals were largely reported and extensively covered. Most users stayed. So if users are happy with it, why should the employees quit a good job?
The point is not that all potential scandals have been reported. The point is the ones that have been uncovered have been extensively reported. And that didn't change anything to the majority of users.
So why would you think more scandals will do?
> Most users stayed due to lack of a good alternative, not because they felt any affinity for Facebook.
When asked what the alternatives miss, the answer is almost always the network. When you ask to contribute to alternative so you grow that network, it's "meeeh, too complicated to use 2 networks". But it's not too complicated to use FB, and Twitter, and Instagram, and Linkedin, and...
"There is not good alternative" is a lame excuse. The honest answer is: "I don't want to do any effort nor any kind of compromise whatsoever".
And if you don't want to change anything, in my view, you're fine with the status quo.
I doubt even Facebook employees have that luxury, which is the point I made.
This is true of most people. This is not true of most facebook developers.