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Bill Gates is a horrible person. (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by Maerman@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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So I just read Bill Gates' 1976 Open Letter To Hobbyists, in which he whines about not making more money from his software. You know, instead of being proud of making software that people wanted to use. And then the bastard went on and made proprietary licences for software the industry standard, holding back innovation and freedom for decades. What a douche canoe.

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[-] Credibly_Human@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

So many people have a very binary view of others, and Lemmy’s the same, as the downvoting shows.

What a ridiculous argument you've made here. The voting system is literally binary. No one can vote 7/10 on messaging, 4/10 on points.

Does this offset his earlier negative behaviour? I honestly think it might do.

This is exactly why hes done it. You don't know what hes actually responsible for. You don't see the pharmaceutical investments hes made, farmland he owns, or his bad takes (like recently suggesting that we should abandon the climate because he's dipping his toes into the AI space).

You see some flashy figures and figure, well that must be a good guy!

Some "nuance" that is.

[-] digdilem@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 days ago

This is exactly why hes done it.

Why would he give a shit what people think about him? Others rich people don't because when you've got enough money you can insulate yourself entirely from what the world thinks.

You don’t know what hes actually responsible for

Nor do the people judging him so harshly.

You don’t see the pharmaceutical investments hes made

The fuck? Why would he donate money and save countless lives just to benefit from it via some claimed business link?

What a ridiculous argument you've made here.

[-] Credibly_Human@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Why would he give a shit what people think about him? Others rich people don’t because when you’ve got enough money you can insulate yourself entirely from what the world thinks.

This is the most ridiculous line of reasoning.

Firstly, many rich people care. Many care about their "legacy". They want their names on big donations, and on school campuses.

Secondly, many rich people spend inordinate amounts on PR advisement firms, demonstrating that there are significant dollar values put into caring about this. We're talking about PR for the person, not even for a business.