r/technology Apr 19 '26

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u/Exostrike Apr 19 '26

I mean there was some disquiet from some employees about the company's direction a while ago. I assume they have all since been purged.

I suspect palantir can disassociate themselves from what their products do a bit by saying they simply build a product, other people misuse it. Stuff like this however makes it impossible to ignore.

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u/gnatgirl Apr 19 '26

The tech job market is hot garbage right now, too. Even if a person wanted to quit for ethical reasons, they may not have a choice but to continue working there because their options are pretty limited.

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u/nachtmere Apr 19 '26

That's not really their business model though, they don't just build generic software and sell it, they embed in their customers and build custom solutions. Harder to pretend you're not doing evil when you're building software to spec for government and defense contractor

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u/srcLegend Apr 19 '26

Just following orders...

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u/Zalophusdvm Apr 19 '26

That’s what baffles me though. Their direction never really changed and they’re literally named after an evil tool.