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minus-squareDark_Blade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoI mean, it’s still standing up for their users even though it’s profit-driven.
minus-squareheirloomvegtattoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThey just launched a whole ad campaign based around imessages encryption as well… not supporting would be a bad look and a waste of ad dollars
minus-squareDark_Blade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agolol agreed, plus the whole CSAM mess that they can help bury with this.
minus-square3rdBlueWizard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoYep. Honestly, if there’s a good profit motive to do the right thing, I trust companies far more to actually do the right thing. We WANT there to be profit in doing the right thing. When there isn’t, they don’t.
minus-squareDark_Blade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoExactly. Greed is far more predictable and transparent than morality.
I mean, it’s still standing up for their users even though it’s profit-driven.
They just launched a whole ad campaign based around imessages encryption as well… not supporting would be a bad look and a waste of ad dollars
lol agreed, plus the whole CSAM mess that they can help bury with this.
Yep. Honestly, if there’s a good profit motive to do the right thing, I trust companies far more to actually do the right thing. We WANT there to be profit in doing the right thing. When there isn’t, they don’t.
Exactly. Greed is far more predictable and transparent than morality.