Some of us embrace our humanity and have an ethical and moral need to engage with the world we want to live in rather than the world dominant economic forces would prefer us to engage in.
I can understand that, but for me he doesn't come across as a "bad" person. He hasn't come out with racism, sexism, etc. he just comes across a bit rude and blunt IMO.
I'm much more concerned with companies that claim to support LGBQT+ and then stick a flag up for 10 minutes once a year, or companies who make 10% of their workforce redundant because they want to pay themselves more, or companies who on one hand support green initiatives and then behind the scenes do the complete opposite.
So what if they're defensive and cringe in their rants? Are you so indoctrinated into believing performative aloofness is "professional" that you can't see clearly?
Same, which is why I'm glad he deleted the signing key in this case. It was the only right play given the situation. I'd have done the same and I'd expect anyone with integrity to do likewise.
Why would debunking factual inaccuracies be a red flag? It's the rational action to take, actually. Big corporations often don't respond because their lawyers tell them not to. Surely you're not saying that's a green flag?
I'm sure it's exhausting producing an awesome product, only to get crapped on by governments and corporations that hate privacy and drama-farming Twitter randos, but debunking bad-faith bullshit is nothing if not rational in a world where reputation matters.
Even here, the same people come out of the woodwork every single time to hit the same bad-faith talking points. I've got a lot of respect for the whole team for doing what they do despite all of it.
Calyx Institute and GrapheneOS are both really great projects. I support them both. I rely on products from both.
You're not doing either project any favors by pretending that hastily generalizing nerd dramas and autism over-corrections is somehow a broad statement on the neutrality and objectivity of GrapheneOS's team or the high-quality product it produces.
This kind of bad faith posting is bad for the whole FOSS/libre community, and it's both dumb and rude, in contradiction of HN's site guidelines.
The author of that blog got mad we didn't want to implement a feature they wished for. Their duplicate issue was closed and later deleted and they made a public drama out of it for... what reason?
Let me tell you something. I personally reached out to them just a few weeks ago. I didn't argue, I didn't blame them. That was not my intention and I communicated that clearly. Those were not empty words, I went into it with a genuine open mind and with the goal of finding a solution. After all they consider themselves an open source enthusiast.
It didn't go anywhere. They did not seem willing to discuss anything at all really. You see, even if we assume they are 100% in the right, i.e. they did nothing wrong, why would they oppose our attempt at resolving the conflict? I've come to the conclusion there is no good faith argument to be made here. They spread their post all over the internet, heck they even linked it on Facebook.
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