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Fahri Reza replied to Liam
That's the very definition of too big to fail, sure they spy on you but have you not benefit from them even a bit?
Shanie replied to Liam
@ThePlant @feditips @osc What kind of hostile question is that? Here, I can do that too: Because you use GitHub, you deserve everything Microsoft throws at you. See? That doesn’t help. Here’s the facts: Non-profits trusting for-profits has historically not worked out well for non-profits because they have fundamentally different goals. To accept money from them is trusting them in some capacity, and that money absolutely influences decisions.
O. Simard-Casanova in English replied to Fedi.Tips
unexpectedteapot replied to O. Simard-Casanova in English
@osc @feditips @ThePlant absolutely not an extremist position to hold prejudice against companies that spy on, leak information of and break users' trust. Additionally, these open source projects are beneficial to these profit-driven companies. From open-washing, to attempts at patenting (remember when Facebook tried to patent React?), to other decisions that come from a conflict of interest (Chrome being used as a vehicle for Google to control the web like nerfing adblockers, FLoC, and more..)
Γιάννης Εκελδεκερές replied to O. Simard-Casanova in English
@osc In 2017 Meta (Facebook then) did not lift a finger to prevent the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar that was being incited on their web site. This is pretty well documented by the UN and Amnesty International. Not wanting any relation with the product of that organization is not extremist. The extremist position is to say everything is fine when we have so much evidence to the contrary. @feditips @ThePlant 
thomholwerda
Erin Nivelet replied to Fedi.Tips
@feditips https://www.theregister.com/2012/04/03/microsoft_linux_kernel_contributions/
Shanie replied to Erin
@erin @feditips @thomholwerda @osc @ThePlant I remember when Microsoft lost the court battle for Internet Explorer and being a monopoly. It’s not hard to imagine that they do this because it’s good footing for them to not look like a monopoly. “See? We help the open source movement stay just competitive enough!” At least that comes with no strings attached thanks to the license. I think that’s the critical part.
Fluffery replied to thomholwerda
@thomholwerda@social.tchncs.de @feditips@mstdn.social @osc@econtwitter.net @ThePlant@mastodon.social i use fedora but im migrating to arch linux soon
Seth Pilgrim replied to thomholwerda
@thomholwerda “well you’re already being watched, why do you care if even more people watch you, and farm even more data about you” :upsidedown: |
@osc @ThePlant
Any company that carries out mass surveillance is not to be trusted.
You can't compartmentalise that kind of behaviour away.