Dave RahardjaApr 30

Psst, hey: HACKERS ARE NOT TECH BROS. The vast majority of hackers never become tech bros. The ethics of hacking runs completely counter to that of tech bros.

Hackers make hardware do things they weren’t intended to do. They circumvent barriers. They string together contraptions that repurpose old stuff to do new things. Hackers aren’t that interested in money; they’re more interested in showing off their skills. They love to learn and make demos and create and share free tech that other hackers then build upon. All they want is acknoweledgement and the respect of their peers.

Tech bros are parasites. They’re greedy bastards who love to erect barriers between people and tech. They extract, addict, monetize. They turn everything fun and useful into a transaction, a dopamine trap, a subscription, a surveillance tool, an advertising outlet, and a vector to extract money from labor and suppliers.

Please don’t get them mixed up.

#hackers #hacking #techbros

Show threadJSON Alexander

@drahardja I do have to speak up, from my own experience what you described in regards to "showing off their skills" and wanting "acknoweledgement and the respect of their peers" is only a small and, if I may say so, fairly toxic part of hacking culture; myself and most others I know in this community build, learn and do things on our own terms, for our own enjoyment, and barely even remember to share anything or intentionally don't share things due to past bad experiences, for me this is 50/50

More simply hackers are anyone with an interest in technology for the sake of technology, tech bros are grifters who's grift happens to include technology

Apr 30 at 9:16pmWeb