▲ 1004 ▼ The ego required for someone to come to this conclusion in the first place, and then double down on it when pressed, is genuinely astounding (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 month ago by volore@scribe.disroot.org to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 215 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (2 children) Did anyone bother to check if that "toxic mode" even existed, or existed prior to the jackass getting caught? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] wholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 1 month ago It only worked for one of the lists, not the other permalink fedilink source parent [–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago Tbh, doesn’t matter. Dude clearly designed it to be included in his releases in a difficult to detect fashion. That’s “malicious developer” behavior. In the context of OSS, you design to do , and you set things up to allow users and implementers to customize it as they see fit and necessary. Intentionally hiding opt-out mechanism - let alone shipping with shit you want or need to opt out of is very much a big tech bullshit tactic, and OSS devs who do that are objectively caustic OSS devs. Dude tried to foist his views and sensibilities onto everyone who used his shit in a very, very sneaky fashion It’s correct and appropriate that he got blackballed from the community. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 1 month ago It only worked for one of the lists, not the other permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago Tbh, doesn’t matter. Dude clearly designed it to be included in his releases in a difficult to detect fashion. That’s “malicious developer” behavior. In the context of OSS, you design to do , and you set things up to allow users and implementers to customize it as they see fit and necessary. Intentionally hiding opt-out mechanism - let alone shipping with shit you want or need to opt out of is very much a big tech bullshit tactic, and OSS devs who do that are objectively caustic OSS devs. Dude tried to foist his views and sensibilities onto everyone who used his shit in a very, very sneaky fashion It’s correct and appropriate that he got blackballed from the community. permalink fedilink source parent
