Not only are there a lot of legal problems with stealing that money, there are a lot of social problems too.
This is where philosophy comes in and helps the situation. You find the employees who wouldn't steal because they believe that money isn't everything.
Yes, those mythical spherical virgin monks in a vacuum. Apple has been very vocal about their moral and just employees superiority.
Apple paid millions to woman after repair workers stole nude images of her from her phone and posted them on her Facebook https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-settled-lawsuit-womans...
Authorized repair caught using knockoff screens in customers phones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETVJDUfZ5TM
And the end of the day we are all humans.
If this wasn't the case, society would fall apart very quickly.
I agree with you 100%. The scary thing though is that if 99% of people wouldn't steal, just imagine how much damage those 3.3 million people in the U.S. can do. (That's 1% of the U.S. Population)
[0] https://sapienjournal.org/latest-estimate-of-psychopathy-in-...
How much of our moral inclination to not rob or steal would still be there if we didn't grow up quickly learning that it's illegal? Especially if we're not even stealing from a fellow human, but some anonymous corporation.
Furthermore, you only need a few people to break the rules to do damage and potentially erode trust in the system, and if that trust is gone, the social contract to behave well to each other is even more at risk.
Or just the ones that want to be able to sleep at night without worrying about that knock on the door by the feds in a midnight raid. Some people could live with that stress - I know I couldn't.
It's life-changing money.
Yeah it's life-changing if money is your reason for living. I recommend you read a bit from Seneca the Young to understand where I'm coming from.
Edit: After doing some research, it appears that claims that open source doesn't fall victim to this problem are factually incorrect. [0]
[0] https://blog.sonatype.com/open-source-attacks-on-the-rise-to...
A better recommendation is to actually close down the computer and put away the mobile phone and actually go out from the bedroom and interact with real people.
This way, one gets an idea about how the real world works and see the true nature of human traits and behaviors.
If you just sit at home and read Arthur Schopenhauer, Marcus Aurelius and Plato you will build a mental model of reality that doesn't exist in the real world. Your naivety would show and you will be taken advantage of without even you knowing it.
Do both. Philosophy to improve yourself but also step outside the home to understand how real life works. Best of both worlds!
All I feel is your comment degrading me.
I recommend Seneca exactly because I interact with real people and feel his written thoughts express very well why there are many people who can work on a project worth millions and not steal anything.
Sorry if it came off any other way, really.
I would suspect that a large number of engineers working in crypto are heavily motivated by money above all.
Rarer than gold plated unicorns in the crypto sphere
We're still talking magical beans here.