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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Without the mention of FOSS, these types of pro-market "solutions" will always end up dead in the water.

This is not just a matter of competition for its own sake. This is about guaranteeing users the fundamental right to technological self-determination, a right that corporate monopolists will not yield willingly. This is nothing less than empowering users to seize the means of computation.

Can't have tech self-determination if everything's a black box controlled by corporate entities.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This seems probable but do you have a source for this? Last time I read he was "cancelled" for being weird to his colleagues especially women.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here's the first link I found. This was after a long history of publicly and internally making similar comments. I've heard rumors of that type of behavior but I don't know if anyone ever publicly came forward.

Honestly kind of surprised that people here are defending him.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I remember it now. The enitrely willingly part reignited the memory. Yeah this is unacceptable.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think he was cancelled by ableist people. If I would leave my home, I would also be seen as "weird" by neurotypical people.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Doubt it honestly