You want "Ethical Design?" Then call it what it is. Accessible software that respects users choice, privacy, and intelligence.

Hot Take: Software doesn't have to be open source to be 'ethical'. It simply has to do it's job and get out of the way and not do anything behind your back.

If you are caring more about making some political statement or ethics and you don't pay attention to accessibility and privacy, then you're missing the point.

Just to clarify, accessibility means taking into account that some users have various disabilities such as vision or hearing impairment, colorblindness, epilepsy, or other specialized input needs.

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