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tedivm · 0 points · 0 comments · เมื่อวาน

ProPublica had one of their reports work with gambling addition experts to see how DraftKings would respond to someone presenting signs of a gambling problem. It's a hell of a read, and makes it clear that this company is full of people with absolutely no ethics whatsoever. https://www.propublica.org/article/draftkings-sports-gamblin...

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WheelsAtLargeเมื่อวาน

People in companies that are a negative public good are by definition unethical. I'm not surprised by anything they do. The real problem is how we've let these companies infiltrate so much of our society so fast. I can't consume any ad supported media without getting some ad about them. This company really defines the phrase "money talks"

jimbo808เมื่อวาน

> this company is full of people with absolutely no ethics whatsoever I believe this applies to any company which sells an inherently harmful, predatory, and addictive product or service

groestlเมื่อวาน

IMHO one shouldn't expect a company to have any ethics to achieve a positive outcome for society. This needs to be baked into the rules (taxes, regulation, ...), so the ethical behavior becomes the rational behavior.

gigatreeเมื่อวาน

Would love to be a fly on the wall in whatever board room in the world has somebody saying “yes, we could increase profits by doing X, but that would be unethical so of course we won’t”

BloondAndDoom22 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

I don’t think anyone ethical really goes into gambling business. I know engineers who left their high paying job in these “gaming” businesses to work for software companies because they see how many lives are destroyed and they are part of that system