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
    2611·
    3 days 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
      1602·
      3 days ago

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

      • Not a newt@piefed.caEnglish
        92·
        3 days ago

        to fix issues and errors

        and create more issues and errors, like executing USB device names as root.

        • luciferofastora@feddit.orgEnglish
          221·
          3 days ago

          Per @[email protected]’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
            131·
            2 days ago

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

            • luciferofastora@feddit.orgEnglish
              61·
              2 days ago

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

        • abc@suppo.fiEnglish
          11·
          1 day ago

          Bundling of their stuff into the base installation, I suppose. With simple math, if 1password gets like 33k subscription payments, that’s about $100 000 already.

          Omarchy got perhaps a 100K installations just last month.

          They’re buying customers and visibility with a sum that’s probably pocket change for them.

    • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
      24·
      3 days ago

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

    • 🇨🇦GreenBeard🇨🇦@lemmy.caEnglish
      471·
      3 days 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.

    • abc@suppo.fiEnglish
      11·
      1 day ago

      That’s the thing about real world. People don’t ask for permission to do things.

      If you think you can do better, who’s stopping you?