As much as people downloading that content sucks I still firmly believe in the concept that software run by a user should 100% pursue the interests of that user.
I think almost every developer would agree with this, and almost zero for-profit companies implement it. Almost all paid software treats the user as, most benignly, a mark for future software sales. At a middling level of evil, the user's device is the product -- the way most malware operates. At worst, the user is the product.
> As much as people downloading that content sucks I still firmly believe in the concept that software run by a user should 100% pursue the interests of that user.
I think almost every developer would agree with this, and almost zero for-profit companies implement it. Almost all paid software treats the user as, most benignly, a mark for future software sales. At a middling level of evil, the user's device is the product -- the way most malware operates. At worst, the user is the product.
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