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1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project (www.theverge.com)
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1Password faced immediate backlash from customers this week over a $300,000 pledge in support of a Linux distro created by David Heinemeier Hansson, who has regularly published overtly racist blog posts that include comments calling for deportation of ethnic minorities in Europe. The popular password manager is now a “distinguished corporate patron” of Omacom, the nonprofit foundation that oversees a popular Linux distribution known as Omarchy.

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[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

But seriously what is the actual reason for the donation

[-] TeaWithDani@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago

Billionaires like racists?

[-] luciferofastora@feddit.org 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Per @GreenBeard@lemmy.ca's comment

I think we all know why. Whether having money causes racism, or it just so happens that racists are the ones with the money and they're good at keeping it "In The Family" so to speak is kind of tangential and academic. It's the hateful bigots that have the cash to fund big things, so if you want funding, it pays to be trashy.

[-] Brimstone@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 weeks ago

They aren’t just racist, They also hate the poors and basically anyone that isn’t them.

[-] luciferofastora@feddit.org 6 points 2 weeks ago

I agree, but I suggest you direct your replies directly to the source comment. I'm just the messenger here.

[-] abc@suppo.fi -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Bundling of their stuff into the base installation, I suppose. With simple math, if 1password gets like 33k subscription payments, that's about $100 000 already.

Omarchy got perhaps a 100K installations just last month.

They're buying customers and visibility with a sum that's probably pocket change for them.

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