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Did PewDiePie Just Crack the Code for How to Present Libre Software? (blenderdumbass.org)

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[-] blenderdumbass@lm.madiator.cloud 35 points 3 weeks ago

Oh you even got the iWarning lol

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, your user agent detector is certainly working

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

What's this warning thing? (for those of us far outside of the Apple ecosphere)

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

It’s basically an ad to tell people their phone isn’t private and they should buy a Purism phone

[+] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone -11 points 3 weeks ago

I did too, so, thanks, now I'm cackling at this racist bullshit:

[-] Yaky@slrpnk.net 21 points 3 weeks ago

It's a Librem5 phone with cringe name and 100% markup, but it's their own product nonetheless. I.e. it is not a generic Android with a custom skin and preinstalled apps like Trump Phone, Freedom Phone, or Quantum Internet box.

You can buy pretty much the same Librem5 assembled in China for ~$700. Take a look at Liberux Nexx Linux phone too (they are just staring out)

(Not sure what you're calling racist here, appeal to "patriots"?)

[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

The implication that Chinese-made goods are less private. Also I'm pretty sure most people speculate that the Trump phone is just a rebranded one of these? Guess we'll just have to wait and see.

[-] Nima@leminal.space 16 points 3 weeks ago

...racist? ive read that description in the screenshot twice. what part is specifically racist?

[-] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago

It's just jingoistic drivel, same as all of Trump's China crap. Implying the phone has better privacy because it's made in the US.

[-] giacomo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 weeks ago

so how is it racist?

[-] Nima@leminal.space 5 points 3 weeks ago

but what specifically makes this racist? I'm failing to see any example of it in the text you initially showed.

[-] trashboat@midwest.social 0 points 3 weeks ago

The URL being puri.sm was what I noticed first

[-] Nima@leminal.space 4 points 3 weeks ago

isnt that just a FOSS operating system for phones and tablets?

if its something more sinister, I'd be interested to learn it.

[-] trashboat@midwest.social 0 points 3 weeks ago

It could very well be, I’m not familiar with this product at all. It does come to my attention that the statue of liberty’s torch is the most prominent visual element on the page; combined with the block of text and the name of the phone itself I could definitely see where the poster is coming from, it gives off a nationalist air despite it being fairly reserved/neutral in its visual language. It kinda makes me think the purism name was no coincidence but I’d like to think otherwise

[-] Nima@leminal.space 3 points 3 weeks ago

ive done some digging to see if there's some glaring issue I'm just not aware of. i found no evidence whatsoever so far of anyone using this device or saying these phones or devices are used for anything criminal or nationalist activity.

i just found a lot of linux nerds or FOSS nerds who seem to have varying opinions on whether they like it or the company or not.

in a world so absolutely brimming with click bait headlines and buzzwords being used to incite conflict, let's not rally behind every cry of vilification without first checking that it's actually villainous. you know?

we need to make sure we don't fall into the same habits those headlines aim to force us into.

or well, thats just my feelings on it.