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Re:FOSDEM 2026 – Open-Source Conference in Brussels – Day#1 ... by AlexeyBrin on Sunday February 01, 2026 @10:42AM (#46846934)
> When CEOs and founders and project leads leverage their audience for politics, then their tools are absolutely a political choice. Be it DHH’s latest fasho ramblings or every time you do ‘swift build’ - Tim Cook takes a selfie with a sex offender.

I don't follow. Are you implying that by using Ruby on Rails or Omarchy one is fasho aligned ? Or that people that use Swift somehow support sex offenders ?

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Re:FOSDEM 2026 – Open-Source Conference in Brussels – Day#1 ... by mordnis on Sunday February 01, 2026 @11:33AM (#46847313)
Sure sounds that way.
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Re:FOSDEM 2026 – Open-Source Conference in Brussels – Day#1 ... by isodev on Monday February 02, 2026 @03:11AM (#46853640)
More like... when they use their platforms to promote whatever, you helping those platforms move forward is essentially helping them push the whatever forward. I don't get why is this so hard to understand. Unfortunately, we've gotten to a place where picking a tool is also an expression of your support for the politics of the people/corps behind it.
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