**streetlight** @jelle_dc · 2018-06-04T00:52:15Z

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so this only half thought and I should go to bed but

you know, microsoft is definitely not the most evil corporation out there anymore (tyvm zuckerberg) but I feel like they might be the most dangerous for FOSS, lots of their FOSS efforts are sketchy (VS Code downloading blobs on compilation, and WSL is just 'embrace extend extinguish' making a comeback)

that being said, they really can't make github more proprietary. Arguably this doesn't really change anything for github.

Jun 04, 2018, 00:52 · Tusky · 0 · 2

**streetlight** @jelle_dc · Jun 04, 2018, 00:55

**streetlight** @jelle_dc · Jun 04, 2018, 00:55

Jun 04, 2018, 00:55

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this is really like cambridge analytica all over again. People getting mad about MS/CA while github/FB has been screwing them over all along. But hey, we get public awareness now so that's cool I guess

**streetlight** @jelle_dc · Jun 04, 2018, 01:05

**streetlight** @jelle_dc · Jun 04, 2018, 01:05

Jun 04, 2018, 01:05

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I really think MS is just doing this because they want to profile as developer-friendly. Because really, I know lots of linux users are just devs that came for the dev tools and didn't give a crap about FOSS at first. Know a lot of CS students like that, and now windows has bash and a fancy electron editor, they really have no reason to go through the scary and time-consuming process that is installing linux.

**streetlight** @jelle_dc · Jun 04, 2018, 01:08

**streetlight** @jelle_dc · Jun 04, 2018, 01:08

Jun 04, 2018, 01:08

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anyway that's my hot take, I'm going to bed now and then in the morning I'm gonna regret rambling like this at 3 AM

goodnight fediverse

**jorty (deprecated aspect)** @jordyd · Jun 04, 2018, 01:12

**jorty (deprecated aspect)** @jordyd · Jun 04, 2018, 01:12

Jun 04, 2018, 01:12

jorty (deprecated aspect) @jordyd

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