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Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by rvz on Thursday January 28, 2021 @08:12PM (#25952231)
Stallman predicted this for decades and was labeled as such until Edward Snowden came about and showed the evidence right in our faces.

As usual, Big Tech strikes again with a lesser role this time. It won't be the last until some 'action' is done to keep them in check.

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Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by mdoms on Thursday January 28, 2021 @08:49PM (#25952572)
People may have taken him more seriously if he didn't eat the crud off the bottom of his own bare foot and sexually harass female colleagues. Dude undermined his own message by being a complete creep.
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Re:Robinhood Play Store listing went from 329K reviews to 18... by krapp on Thursday January 28, 2021 @09:06PM (#25952718)
>People may have taken him more seriously if he didn't eat the crud off the bottom of his own bare foot and sexually harass female colleagues. Dude undermined his own message by being a complete creep.

The fact that he remained in his position for so long and the degree to which people melted down and swore bloody vengeance against the "cancel culture mob" when he finally faced any consequences at all demonstrates how little his behavior actually mattered within the free software community.

If anything has undermined Stallman's message, it's been the failure of free software to adequately compete in terms of quality and UX to proprietary offerings in the marketplace. Their answer to Photoshop is Gimp, FFS.

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