Critique of Gatekeeping in the Tech Ecosystem Regarding GNU/Linux
By
DHowett
Crackles when you bite it. Shows the baker did the work.
Summary
The article responds to a smug and exclusionary comment regarding GNU/Linux, criticizing the gatekeeping behavior in the tech ecosystem that claims to promote freedom but acts oppressively.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledA line-by-line teardown of the most smug, exclusionary comment I’ve gotten since starting this blog—and why the so-called “freedom” they preach looks a lot more like a wall.
Congratulations, random internet user: you earned a full-length blog post in response.
...everything that’s wrong with the self-righteous, gatekeeping corner of this ecosystem—the part that cloaks cruelty in the language of freedom, then acts shocked when people stop showing up.
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