Just wondering if anyone eschews something like the recent React Native release on the grounds of opposing Facebook corporate policy (on patents, press baronage, or what have you)?<p>I will admit to using what I think are the best tools, even when I worry about where they're coming from. I'm split though if this is necessarily bad.<p>Sure I'm supporting Facebook (who does bad things) but I'm also supporting Facebook open-sourcing their code (which is a good thing).<p>Thoughts?
There are a lot of otherwise appealing jobs that I don't apply to for ethical reasons. For example I have experience with C++ quantitative investment work, but I won't do it anymore as I came to regard it as immoral - that kind of code is used by those who understand finance, to take money from those who don't.
Anything from Walmart Labs. I just can't bring myself to use any of their open-source projects.
I know it is a separate entity, but it just makes the code.. smell bad.
Google updated its algorithm, but still s*cks. I'm also using <a href="https://swisscows.com" rel="nofollow">https://swisscows.com</a>. It provides great results, it's more secure, doesn’t store tracking cookies or user queries.
For compiled software, pretty much anything that isn't GPL is a no-go for me.<p>For non-compiled software (e.g. Javascript, PHP, Python, Perl, Shell), license doesn't matter to me since I can just see the damn code. Unless it's obfuscated.