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Did you realize that we live in a reality where SciHub is illegal, and OpenAI is not?
Show threadAsta [AMP]Jan 9, 2024
@yabellini I don't know whether it's appropriate to say but I just keep thinking "they killed Aaron Swartz for allegedly trying to give people access to science _they've funded_ and they've given 5 billion to Sam Altman for stealing from everyone"

I'm not surprised but for some reason I just can't stop thinking it. I hate it. I hate it so much. They crushed him even though apparently there was a strong indication that what he was doing wasn't even illegal.

EDIT: I’ve been made aware that Aaron’s family opposes this framing about his death, which I did not know about. The campaign against him was awful, but I’m sorry for spreading something disrespectful.
Show threadAdmiral GingercideJan 11, 2024
@aud @yabellini I see your edit, but I still agree with your sentiment. They killed that sweet bright boy to send a message, for trying to share collective (tax payer) knowledge. I think about him more now than I was affected then. (I logged on here after like two years, searched you, scrolled through your history, after seeing your comment in a thread linked to on a Lemmy thread. That's how strongly I agree with you.)
Show threadAsta [AMP]
@dannybloomfield @yabellini oh! wow. This has definitely blown up in a way that intimidated me, so I put it on mute and have just been ignoring boost/like notifications except to see if anyone has said anything I'd like to read whenever I have the energy to face it...

Thank you. I'm really glad I'm not the only one. Some people have popped up about why "what Aaron did is illegal", which is technically unknown but also, more importantly, irrelevant.

Out of curiousity, what was the ... vibe on the Lemmy post? Dunno if I have the energy to face a wall of people saying why I suck and am wrong right now if it's bad 😅
Jan 12, 2024 at 11:14amWeb