> More realistically... most engineers don't code as a hobby. HN, /r/programming, and other software dev hangouts are small echo chambers.
This sounds unnecessarily dismissive to me and also unsubstantiated. It removes the focus from the more important fact that this is a foul encroachment of personal freedom regardless of how many professional coders like coding as a hobby.
> This sounds unnecessarily dismissive to me and also unsubstantiated.
Anecdotally, the programmers I work with don't seem to read anything outside of StackOverflow or contribute to any OSS projects. Albeit, what OSS projects we contribute to or what communities we participate in isn't usually a topic of conversation among my coworkers.
> It removes the focus from the more important fact that this is a foul encroachment
I agree that this is an encroachment on personal freedom and I doubt this clause is legally sound (in California at least). I am quite surprised that Apple has such a policy. But I am even more surprised that they are able to find programmers who agree to it.
The vast majority of Software Engineers I’ve come across don’t write OSS code, don’t write blogs, maybe read Hacker News. For most of them this is sort of a non issue.
It might be a non-issue as in "I probably wouldn't have exercised that right anyway", but that doesn't mean that one feel the restriction is acceptable, fair, or justified.
I would not. Regardless of whether I had any intention to do it or not.
