@lunar_dust_463@mstdn.social
They want you to use an OS which doesn't provide firmware updates and therefore doesn't protect you from serious known vulnerabilities. The firmware is still present when using an OS not updating it. Pretending as if the hardware and firmware isn't closed source by not updating the firmware simply harms users. They're a group known for having nonsensical, inconsistent beliefs and spreading misinformation/spin to promote them. Stop getting info from charlatans.
They say that GNU is spreading misinformation and “stop getting info from charlatans”?
Yes but millions were also providing that data for free until Reddit decided it was all theirs to control and monetize. Don’t blame the users.
Saying it sucks = blaming the users? Okay.
Saying “it sucks that they decided” sounds like blaming these users.
I really hope someday folks in the internet learn how to properly use quotation marks and why paraphrasing but adding quotation isn’t okay. Someday…