On: Facebook has struggled to hire talent since the Cambridge Analytica scandal

[holoduke]

I believe (strong personal assumption) that this is something not only for Facebook, but also for Google and Apple. Back 3 years ago, a lot of people from my network had dreams to work for Google or Facebook . Today it's no longer the case. They demand a company who is serious about things like privacy, environment. Things like career possibilities are still important, but so many companies these days offer similar work experience. Surprisingly I hear more and more positive news coming from old evil: Microsoft.

[pat2man → holoduke]

Isn't Apple serious about privacy and the environment?

[_lpa_ → pat2man]

I always had the impression that the incentive alignment between Apple and it's users was far better than any of the other big tech companies.

[quantumsequoia → pat2man]

Privacy, maybe. Environment? They make their phones in Chinese factories with suicide nets

[quantumsequoia → holoduke]

Nearly every criticism of Google also applies to Microsoft. Google considered a censored search engine in China. Microsoft actually has one. Google had a contract with the military but didn't renew it. Microsoft actively has one. Microsoft products also collect large amounts of data on you, and provide less privacy than Google

I can't imagine anyone who no longer wants to work at Google wanting to work at Microsoft