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Ah right. All moral quandaries get resolved while working for AANG.


Well, perhaps just the N, then. But Netflix has always been the odd-duck in FAANG.

(And yes, you can point out reasons not to work at Netflix, but it seems like a whole nother level than the rest of FAANG.)


There's been a couple Netflix public outrage instances. Like when they split up their pricing plan for streaming and DVDs, or the backlash over Cuties. But Netflix is still going strong.


> But Netflix has always been the odd-duck in FAANG.

Yeah, mostly cos they make no money ;)


1.7 billion in profit on ~7 billion in revenue in the first quarter of 2021 counts as "no money" these days?


Yeah, because it essentially happened because they stopped producing content in 2020, due to the pandemic.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/19/netflix-says-cash-flow-posit...

Netflix have needed external financing to stay in business up till this year. This is very unlike the rest of FAANG (Amazon is similar, but do throw off a lot of free cash).


Let's break this apart: everyone knows big tech has its share of problems. Most liberals can stomach it.

What liberals can't stomach is a company allowing the spread of nasty election lies.


"Company allowing the spread of nasty election lies" quite literally describes what any media company is doing when they give air time to pretty much any running candidate.


False equivalence


Sort of. It's how you spread the lies. How they are delimited.

One halfway responsible way: "here is a paid announcement from someone that doesn't necessarily reflect our views: ${LIES}".

On the other end of the spectrum are sneaky, dark patterns and whatnot.




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