• stoy@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    So you believe that customers of a company should have a say how the staff uses their wages?

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      You have that backwards. Customers of a company get to decide whether or not they want to give that company their money for any reason they fucking please

      I’d also argue that no one would care if this were some mid-level manager making a donation. This is the owner of a company, not “staff.”

    • artyom@piefed.social
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      I believe consumers have an ethical obligation to exercise their right to discontinue business with a company when its owners do something unethical.

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      Legally? No.

      Morally? Yes. Customers give their say as to whether or not they want to give their money to some specific company every single time they engage in a business transaction. There is also nothing wrong with telling others to make the same consideration.

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      On one hand, no, they shouldn’t, on the other hand they’re free to voice their opinion and choose a different service if this is the breaking point.

      Problem is, it’s hard to find a good VPN service that doesn’t fuck with alt right chuds and isn’t US based.

      • nevyn@slrpnk.net
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        Try being in the southern hemisphere and trying to achieve those goals… servers are scarcer here.

        Time for me to reassess ivpn, and airvpn I guess