Dave Rahardja4d ago

If your answer to anyone who doesn’t like something that an open source project is doing is “then fork it yourself”, you’re a piece of shit.

First, not everyone who uses #FOSS is a coder. This is a feature, not a bug. Second, not everyone who is a coder is a maintainer, and they shouldn’t have to be to have their voices heard. Third, when someone is intentionally worsening a project, and you harass the people complaining about it, you are reinforcing a power imbalance in favor of the abuser.

Check your privilege. YOU, a rich person with technical skills and time to spare, may be willing to bear the cost of forking a popular project, but others can’t. Think beyond your selfish self.

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@drahardja YEa, when folks who actually teach math criticize Khan Academy (for little things like saying 2 + 2 is 2) we get told "Make your own, it's free, you should be GRATEFUL!!!"
How about listening?
SO many folks in tech have savior attitudes. It's like charity: Hey, even if these clothes we put in teh charity bin have holes and stuff, we imagine you being grateful for the warmth. Let's do better and ... do soemthing about the inequities while we're at it.
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Show threadDave Rahardja4d ago
@geonz Right. The same people who argue that more things should be free (anticapitalist) will sometimes also argue that free things should not be held to any quality standards (capitalist). You can’t have it both ways, leftie.