"The IWGB refuted this, saying that workers only communicated in private and on legally protected trade union channels, and did not leak any information publicly."

I disagree with them here. If trade secrets are posted all over Discord, even if it's a private channel with 50 people, I would still consider this 'public'. It's outside of the company.

The site didn't load correctly for me, so I couldn't read the article. My experience with this is that software is usually never the bottleneck for delivery. It's always the business side.

"Before you judge the man in this story too harshly"

I will judge him harshly. Instead of getting a divorce, he emotionally abused his wide and child, which probably means therapy for the child for life. He's a selfish asshole, that doesn't think about anyone but himself.

He also could have brought diseases back home to his wife (Just hearing the stories of his selfishness, he would have kept this hidden or not even gotten tested at all).

"The alternative was to be a laughing stock and die alone in a hospital where nurses don’t dare touch you."

This is the worst case scenario. He could have gotten a divorce, and lived the life he wanted.

This guy deserves zero sympathy.