This is one effect of a general lack of real consequences for corporations and those that run them.
The company has already determined their likely fine after being caught doing something egregious. The profit from being early to market is significant, and so long as it is considerably higher than the likely fine, they go for it. The expected real earnings are the difference between the profit and the fine. It's all made worse since so often the fine is absolutely nothing compared to the profit, since the numbers these companies are dealing with are so damn big.
This is why you won't see real change until we stop slapping corporations with fines and start slapping executives with jail time. That is literally the only way to break the cycle.
I'm in full support of this. Fuck these people.
This is why you won't see real change until we stop slapping corporations with fines and start slapping executives with jail time. That is literally the only way to break the cycle.
Can't be said enough.
I'm sure there's something in the Microsoft tos that allows them to do this on any product. Kind of like how signing up for Disney+ prevents someone from suing Disney theme park over negligent homicide.
ToS and EULAs are generally not at all enforceable in most of the world
Oh, you are correct. But this doesn't stop them from attempting to do so at every turn.
Isn't this the company that stole all your email contacts and emailed them all to signup in LinkedIn? I'm pretty sure that's how they got big..
I’ve gotten my last 2 jobs through LinkedIn. I know it doesn’t work well for some fields, but for tech it is great.
You almost don't have a choice when looking for some jobs. Some whole industries won't even consider you if you don't have a LinkedIn.
But of course they did.
They didn’t scrape it though. We entered it into their systems voluntarily.