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Comment by colesantiago

But if it pays the bills such that your kids can eat for another day and that your family have a roof over their heads, wouldn't it be worth it?

I don't see any other FAANG level jobs that do not do surveillance in some way or are 100% ethical, as the author wants.

He said it himself, it is a "shitty job market" so surely not everyone in the job market will be paying over 6 figures and be 100% ethical with no surveillance.

Sure, you can build your own startup without surveillance and that is fine, but the compromise is a pay cut and if you have family, rent and children, it would be hard to explain to them why you left your 6 figure job, because "privacy" and "the woes of surveillance capitalism".

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