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I'm confused by your logic here, the fact that all other big tech companies would do something is hardly grounds for considering an action "right" in any moral framework I know of.

"Unsurprisingly so" I can get behind. But "rightfully" is a stretch I wouldn't agree with.

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Saying "rightfully so" does not imply the rightness derives from morality.

The most common, plain meanings of the phrase “rightfully so” do imply a basis in morality.

It’s fair to say that it can mean that the “rightness” is derived from other sources, but pretending that the primary meaning of the phrase doesn’t imply morality is just being intentionally obtuse.

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