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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.
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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 "AI feature" across the board, because every single fucking phone is now "AI powered" or whatever the shit.
But if they turn their OS into "AI native" and it actually sucks ass then great, I don't think there's literally any non-shitty tech left with Framework turning fash.
Doing some digging, it seems GNOME's still non-shitty - they've reportedly refused sponsorship money from Framework, to the whining of multiple people online (post is in Russian).
Doesn't change the fact that Framework's 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 "ruthless capitalist" perspective, Framework's fash turn is pretty baffling to me. They positioned themselves as beacons of right-to-repair, as good guys in tech trying to "fix consumer electronics, one category at a time" - their shit was overtly political from the fucking start. People weren't 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 would've known shilling a fascist's personal Linux "distro" would've presented a severe risk to Framework's brand.
Exactly how Nirav got blindsided by this shit, I genuinely don't understand. Considering his response to the backlash involved "aPoLiTiCaL" "bIg TeNt" blather and publicly farming compassion from Twitter fash, its probably because he's an outright fascist himself and assumed everyone else around him shared his utterly rancid views.
@BlueMonday1984 @techtakes Gnome may be politically non-shitty but it's still an unusable revolting mess, a bad parody of a good desktop environment.