I have a #BananaPiZeroM2 and whilst this thing can on paper run circles around the #PiZeroW, one can't even force it's HDMI to output something else but 720p60...
@aral If you really think that people didn't care about that incident, then you must have been on a mission to Mars for a couple of months.
Raspberry Pi was hit by a massive wave of negative comments, including some criticism, but mostly hate speech and aggressive threats. Many Fediverse users and servers blocked Raspberry Pi, and they still sometimes receive cynical replies to random posts.
@aral Also, I still do not understand why people are so aggressive about a company hiring a former police officer. Neither is that practice uncommon nor do I see a particular reason why the state would be so much worse as an employer than truly evil companies are, such as GAFAM, the oil industry, Chinese tech giants, car manufacturers etc.
Every time I asked I just received the same hateful replies and was blocked.
@pixelcode Here’s the thing: If you don’t see a problem with spy cops being hired by corporations that make the technology we use to communicate in a democracy and who write curricula teaching kids about technology, there’s nothing I can say to change your mind.
However, some of us are fed up with having to point out the obvious and have folks make us out to be extremists for taking a basic ethical stance against the normalisation of surveillance. That’s why you get blocked.
@aral I am truly shocked that you portray me as a defender of mass surveillance, when I have been advocating for privacy technology for years, communicated Snowden's revealings to the public and tried my best making people aware of the importance of privacy.
@aral odd. I don’t immediately see a problem with hiring someone who used to be a policeman. That being said I’m happy to jump on whatever bandwagon keeps me in the tribe
Not quite accurate, Aral. Just seen someone quoting your post bemoaning "Bootlickers" in this very thread. For some on the Fedi any sign of corporate apologism or even fence-sitting is a red flag. Bit naive to pretend these political things don't matter here and don't divide people.
E.g. check how many Instances block social.vivaldi.net for being "corporate".
@aral Yeah, I remember when they did that. It happened just after I'd set up octopi on my Prusa mark 3, and it really killed a lot of the associated joy, for obvious reasons
@aral@Korny What are the options? The Chinese vendors are probably no better (by law). Is anyone making an open board and having no truck with cops/the military/extractive capitalism?
@aral this post is such a good reminder of how many devs love both the taste of boot and the feeling of overpaying for incredibly mid closed-source hardware so that Broadcom (of all fucking companies) can continue to use its non-profit facade to capture the maker, prototyping, and small scale production markets
but hey, anything to avoid learning how to install Linux yourself, right?
@aral I am getting unwanted flashbacks to whoever runs the soical media for Rasberry Pi just acting like a plain asshole and it's felt unreal. I hooe whoever that was got fired as they only made it much worse
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