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[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemmy.zip 9 points 13 hours ago (15 children)

I mean sure but... did you read the piece linked? It backs up it's claims. Not gonna sit here and act like I verified every single thing linked in the piece but I checked a good handful and it seems pretty straightforward. FUTO is pretty sketchy at the very least, and there's good reason to consider them a fascist org

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago (12 children)

My read is that FUTO as a software movement is totally fine, it does what it claims on the tin. The people behind FUTO are a different story, and the main person bankrolling it seems to have friends with odd views (I think they're blown out of proportion, but they're still concerning).

You'll never find a perfect movement. Here's what FUTO seems to prioritize:

  • local first alternatives to big tech
  • source availability, but in a way big tech can't use but home users can
  • profitability for devs without coercion or feature gates

That sounds pretty good to me! I'd prefer it to be FOSS, but allowing me to distribute modifications for non-commercial use is probably good enough for most things.

I probably disagree with their founder politically, and I'd run FUTO differently, but I think their software is good and I could maintain it myself if needed, and at the end of the day, that's what matters to me.

FUTO doesn't seem interested in getting involved in politics, they're merely musing philosophically, and their products aren't profitable, so it doesn't really matter to me what their political positions are.

[–] upsidebeet@sh.itjust.works -1 points 12 hours ago (11 children)

If your software org is facist then you have facist software…

[–] Scirocco@lemmy.world 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Hahah you mean like Lemmy itself?

  • replace 'fascist' with 'tankie'
[–] upsidebeet@sh.itjust.works -1 points 9 hours ago

Strawman fallacy

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