if you assume that the majority of professional programmers are paid to work on software that is either of no value or actively harmful (cf https://mastodon.functional.computer/@samir/112644372377281999 ) does that imply that working on open source software tools that make it easier for programmers to do their job has a net-negative moral value?

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