Comment by sneak
1 month ago
Did we all forget that GitHub’s military-industrial complex owners over at Microsoft made sure to send the “business as usual” signal to the USG when they refused to stop helping ICE violate human rights en masse?
This was during the kidnap-and-rape-kids-in-cages days and before they started a general policy of kidnapping and/or summarily executing law-abiding citizens in the street. There are more reasons now to disassociate with collaborators with the US federal government than ever. I guess I could say I dropped GitHub before it was cool?
https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/github-and-us...
Microsoft is a morally bankrupt and despicable organization, just like Meta, Amazon, and modern Google and Apple. Anyone still doing ongoing business with them in 2026 is, imho, a fool.
> Anyone still doing ongoing business with them in 2026 is, imho, a fool.
So that would be almost everyone.
Can’t go a day without propaganda on HN.
Everything is propaganda, including your comment and this one.
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I mean, I poisoned and then deleted my GH account the day Microsoft acquisition was confirmed, because it was obvious where it's heading.
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Don, you’ve got me wrong. I’d love to have a civil discussion with you to clear up your misconceptions.
My email and phone number’s in my profile. Do please get in touch.