The controversy surrounds David Heinemeier Hansson, who has posted strident anti-vax and anti-immigrant views.

1Password faced immediate backlash from customers this week over a $300,000 pledge in support of a Linux distro created by David Heinemeier Hansson, who has regularly published overtly racist blog posts that include comments calling for deportation of ethnic minorities in Europe. The popular password manager is now a “distinguished corporate patron” of Omacom, the nonprofit foundation that oversees a popular Linux distribution known as Omarchy.

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  • CaptDust@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1931·
    1 day ago

    Why does this shit distro deserve all this funding and support? There’s many better options doing a lot more for the ecosystem yet this gets the attention. It’s don’t understand.

    • crozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1262·
      1 day ago

      It uses AI to fix issues and errors. And billionaires need people to use AI as much as possible.

        • luciferofastora@feddit.orgEnglish
          16·
          1 day ago

          Per @GreenBeard@lemmy.ca’s comment

          I think we all know why. Whether having money causes racism, or it just so happens that racists are the ones with the money and they’re good at keeping it “In The Family” so to speak is kind of tangential and academic. It’s the hateful bigots that have the cash to fund big things, so if you want funding, it pays to be trashy.

          • Brimstone@lemmy.mlEnglish
            6·
            23 hours ago

            They aren’t just racist, They also hate the poors and basically anyone that isn’t them.

            • luciferofastora@feddit.orgEnglish
              3·
              22 hours ago

              I agree, but I suggest you direct your replies directly to the source comment. I’m just the messenger here.

    • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
      16·
      1 day ago

      Very seldom is something funded that “deserves” it. The answer is that its’ creator (DHH) is very wealthy and connected.

    • GreenBeard@lemmy.caEnglish
      36·
      1 day ago

      I think we all know why. Whether having money causes racism, or it just so happens that racists are the ones with the money and they’re good at keeping it “In The Family” so to speak is kind of tangential and academic. It’s the hateful bigots that have the cash to fund big things, so if you want funding, it pays to be trashy.