
Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
dumpsterqueer@superseriousbusiness.org ("tobi is writing bugs :terminal_cursor:") wrote:
the "no politics in foss" ideology (and it is an ideology to say "no politics in foss" and therefore the statement is itself political!!) is a remarkable example of how capitalism is able to co-opt even explicitly political movements into itself and turn them into something that serves its own interests; in this case, foss as a political movement against closed-source, for-profit, proprietary software is turned into nothing more than a stockpile of free labor for shitbag capitalist vultures to get their claws into; and god forbid you should dare to speak up for yourself or to point out that this state of affairs only serves fashy capitalist wankers