Some quick backstory as to why I just posted this: I originally submitted it almost three months ago [0]; it was quickly flagged down as a "conspiracy theory". I don't necessarily agree with everything here, but don't think it's that. I'm posting again in light of rms' recent expulsion from almost everything, because I think the increasing "corporatization" of OSS stuff will lead to him eventually being kicked out. I'm certainly not sure of any of this, but I think recent events make this article particularly pertinent.
Definitely not a conspiracy in the crackpot sense, but one in the "organized subversion" sense. I posted on the Amazon walkout thread as well - software orgs are becoming too focused on politics. Of course some politics is to be expected, FOSS itself is somewhat a politically-motivated movement, but the end goal is apolitical.
Really this deplatforming is getting ridiculous, and the only goal it achieves is dumbing down society by merging all social environments into one so they have less to assess about an individual
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Some quick backstory as to why I just posted this: I originally submitted it almost three months ago [0]; it was quickly flagged down as a "conspiracy theory". I don't necessarily agree with everything here, but don't think it's that. I'm posting again in light of rms' recent expulsion from almost everything, because I think the increasing "corporatization" of OSS stuff will lead to him eventually being kicked out. I'm certainly not sure of any of this, but I think recent events make this article particularly pertinent.
[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20325213
Definitely not a conspiracy in the crackpot sense, but one in the "organized subversion" sense. I posted on the Amazon walkout thread as well - software orgs are becoming too focused on politics. Of course some politics is to be expected, FOSS itself is somewhat a politically-motivated movement, but the end goal is apolitical.
Really this deplatforming is getting ridiculous, and the only goal it achieves is dumbing down society by merging all social environments into one so they have less to assess about an individual