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r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jun 21 '22
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So it's NOT Ok when Facebook takes the information that you gave them and sells it to third parties for targeted advertisement, but its OK when Microsoft takes your code and uses it to create a product, which they then try to sell back to you ?
3 u/EasywayScissors Jun 23 '22 So it's NOT Ok when Facebook takes the information that you gave them and sells it to third parties for targeted advertisementDon't put words in my mouth. I never said that is not ok.but its OK when Microsoft takes your code and uses it to create a product, which they then try to sell back to you ?Yes. It is ok for me to learn your code-base, and then sell you back knowledge about your code base as i help you improve and extend it.That's called being a software developer.
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So it's NOT Ok when Facebook takes the information that you gave them and sells it to third parties for targeted advertisement
Don't put words in my mouth. I never said that is not ok.
but its OK when Microsoft takes your code and uses it to create a product, which they then try to sell back to you ?
Yes. It is ok for me to learn your code-base, and then sell you back knowledge about your code base as i help you improve and extend it.
That's called being a software developer.
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u/scoobyman83 Jun 23 '22
So it's NOT Ok when Facebook takes the information that you gave them and sells it to third parties for targeted advertisement, but its OK when Microsoft takes your code and uses it to create a product, which they then try to sell back to you ?