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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)
Nothing just announced theyāre enshittifying their phones with AI
They already had the Essential thing in the Nothing 3, but funnily enough, when I was shopping for a phone, it looked like the least obtrusive and annoying āAI featureā across the board, because every single fucking phone is now āAI poweredā or whatever the shit.
But if they turn their OS into āAI nativeā and it actually sucks ass then great, I donāt think thereās literally any non-shitty tech left with Framework turning fash.
Doing some digging, it seems GNOMEās still non-shitty - theyāve reportedly refused sponsorship money from Framework, to the whining of multiple people online (post is in Russian).
Doesnāt change the fact that Frameworkās dealt a big blow to right-for-repair by doing this, but its something.
EDIT: Just gonna add in something I gotta get off my chest:
Even from a āruthless capitalistā perspective, Frameworkās fash turn is pretty baffling to me. They positioned themselves as beacons of right-to-repair, as good guys in tech trying to āfix consumer electronics, one category at a timeā - their shit was overtly political from the fucking start. People werenāt buying them to get the fastest laptops, or to get the best value for money, they bought them because they believed in their stated mission. Anyone with business sense wouldāve known shilling a fascistās personal Linux ādistroā wouldāve presented a severe risk to Frameworkās brand.
Exactly how Nirav got blindsided by this shit, I genuinely donāt understand. Considering his response to the backlash involved āaPoLiTiCaLā ābIg TeNtā blather and publicly farming compassion from Twitter fash, its probably because heās an outright fascist himself and assumed everyone else around him shared his utterly rancid views.
@BlueMonday1984 @techtakes Gnome may be politically non-shitty but itās still an unusable revolting mess, a bad parody of a good desktop environment.