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minus-squareSayCyberOnceMore@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·12 days agoI hope Arch is getting some funding from this some how…
minus-squaremayumu@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·12 days agoDHH offered to upstream some of the funding to arch but they declined
minus-squareHandles@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·12 days agoGood on them. Taking money from the alt right is like the one bad apple that spoils the whole barrel.
minus-squarefar_university1990@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·12 days agoBut money is just money?
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoIronically enough Mozilla has funding they just burn it on useless things
minus-squareHandles@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 days agoIt most certainly is not, it comes with all sorts of strings attached and guilt by association. See also “no such thing as a free lunch”.
minus-squareabc@suppo.fiOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-28 days agoI remember reading somewhere that DHH offered them money but they politely declined. So I guess we cannot whine anymore that he doesn’t give money upstream.
minus-squareLordMayor@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·12 days agoI’m more worried about what this will do to Arch’s reputation. They don’t deserve backlash but if people use this, and it’s as bad as it looks, people might associate slop shit with Arch.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoArch is already pretty well funded
I hope Arch is getting some funding from this some how…
DHH offered to upstream some of the funding to arch but they declined
Good on them. Taking money from the alt right is like the one bad apple that spoils the whole barrel.
But money is just money?
Tell that to mozilla
Ironically enough Mozilla has funding they just burn it on useless things
It most certainly is not, it comes with all sorts of strings attached and guilt by association. See also “no such thing as a free lunch”.
I remember reading somewhere that DHH offered them money but they politely declined.
So I guess we cannot whine anymore that he doesn’t give money upstream.
I’m more worried about what this will do to Arch’s reputation. They don’t deserve backlash but if people use this, and it’s as bad as it looks, people might associate slop shit with Arch.
Arch is already pretty well funded