The controversy surrounds David Heinemeier Hansson, who has posted strident anti-vax and anti-immigrant views.

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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  • crozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1602·
    3 days ago

    It uses AI to fix issues and errors. And billionaires need people to use AI as much as possible.

    • Not a newt@piefed.caEnglish
      92·
      3 days ago

      to fix issues and errors

      and create more issues and errors, like executing USB device names as root.

      • luciferofastora@feddit.orgEnglish
        211·
        2 days 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.mlEnglish
          131·
          2 days ago

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

          • luciferofastora@feddit.orgEnglish
            61·
            2 days ago

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

      • abc@suppo.fiEnglish
        11·
        1 day 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.