cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/32868516

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Screenshot of a Mastodon toot by @ebassi@mastodon.social:

The whole open source community loves Milkshake Laptops, a lovely laptop company that has ethical values! 5 seconds later We regret to inform you the laptop company stans fascists

    • Chloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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      4 months ago

      i’ve linked to more context in the original post

      but the TL;DR is:

      • framework has started to financially support open-source project
      • among those projects are hyprland and omarchy, both having ties to the far-right (hyprland’s community is a toxic nazi bar and omarchy is maintained by a loud and proud racist)
      • people were understandably upset at framework for this
      • framework’s response was “nooo you guys, we are apolitical! we are trying to make a big tent! and that includes fascists too, stop being meanies!”
        • kadu@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish
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          4 months ago

          Well, out of all projects they funded, they just so happen to mention the nazi one significantly more than the others on Twitter. They like mentioning it a lot.

          And it’s not an important package or some foundational project.

        • Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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          4 months ago

          Overreaction is the only tool that works to stop enshittification before it starts.

          Lean on Framework. Insist they vet projects before giving them money. There’s nothing here that can’t be undone.