I’ve talked with an Orthodox Jew who thought the Shabbos goy was very contrary to the spirit of the law—he said (I haven’t verified this) that Shabbos goyim were first instituted in north-eastern Europe where keeping a fire going in the winter was a matter of life and death, and therefore required—but that Shabbos goyim were eventually employed for matters of mere comfort and convenience.
I’ve talked with an Orthodox Jew who thought the Shabbos goy was very contrary to the spirit of the law—he said (I haven’t verified this) that Shabbos goyim were first instituted in north-eastern Europe where keeping a fire going in the winter was a matter of life and death, and therefore required—but that Shabbos goyim were eventually employed for matters of mere comfort and convenience.
It’s not just against the “spirit of the law”, it is against the letter of the law in Orthodox Judaism.