Luddite Spyrius Robot @vexorian.dev · 20d We have to talk about this absurd bunch of nonsense from Linus Torvalds. This "technological merit" first worldview was naive 30 years ago but nowadays. We have seen the world big tech built. We are going through it while we witness the decimation of the free web and the misuses of tech like linux
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What would have been acceptable naivety 30 years ago is just outright manipulation today. Technology is not neutral. And you can't just judge a project solely on its technological merits. In fact, if the Linux kernel is ultimately just a vehicle for the horrors of big tech, it's bad technology.