[regular_trash]

I don't think you have to have malice in mind to see it in that way. It's more like: This is a company, and they have to make money. And it isn't a far leap to assume the margins come from exploiting the mismatch between value of labor across countries borders.

[duderific]

I don't have a dog in this fight, but is it really "exploiting" if both sides are happy? Remote devs are getting paid where they may not have in the past, and customers are getting code written up to a standard that is acceptable to them, while paying less than they might otherwise.

[zlg_codes]

> I don't have a dog in this fight, but is it really "exploiting" if both sides are happy?

I recall a study in which monkeys were given the same food for X days. They switched it up and replaced one monkey's food with something else, of an equal amount. It created frustration in the monkey that didn't get the different food, even though he was happy when he got the same thing.

I think this is really close to "ignorance is bliss". The ignorance of how bad you're getting screwed doesn't mean you're getting screwed any less.