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Re:Pixel 8 Pro by medo-bear on Thursday October 05, 2023 @04:22AM (#37776104)
Think about all the products you purchase. Do you really think that in each case, the CEO of the company behind that product has a "pattern of behaviour" we approve of? [I really doubt it.] But here we are concerned about personality quirks of a guy developing a valuable free product.
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Re:Pixel 8 Pro by ColoursofOSINT on Thursday October 05, 2023 @11:27AM (#37779863)
> "pattern of behaviour" we approve of?

I think you are engaging in Whataboutism [1]. This does not make for a constructive discussion.

But lets take what you said in good faith.

I imagine most products I buy have a not so amazing CEO. That does not prevent me from criticizing one of the products I use most often. Furthermore, as the (former) lead developer, he had or has control of the signing keys, simply deleting (as he has done in the past) them would cause significant damage.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

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Re:Pixel 8 Pro by medo-bear on Friday October 06, 2023 @07:29PM (#37797632)
I think you are engaing in word throwing :)

So what if he has the signing keys? You can always build Graphene yourself

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Re:Pixel 8 Pro by ColoursofOSINT on Friday October 20, 2023 @05:49PM (#37961925)
I could also make my own operating system.

If I had the time, knowledge and money. Which I don't.

So, I rely and support others that do to ensure I have a functioning and constantly running system without much maintenance work, except donating one a year.

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