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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  • xelar@lemmy.mlEnglish
    515·
    1 day ago

    Keep in mind that internal fights among community discourage users from shifting and benefit Microsoft. I would not be surprised if the smear campaign is a big tech initative.

    • SquareScarletCougar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      103·
      1 day ago

      That’s right. But are you suggesting we just sweep it under the rug and ignore the support of racist people? Because that is what big tech does and not a lot of people like it