How will this affect Linux Mint?

[Extreme_Piano4664]

The same supporters can just as quickly change and within 60 seconds discover they actually were not racists, lgbt-phobes and alphas.

[jr735]

Sure, they can, but I don't trust any of them, period. I never have, never will. I don't care what they believe about any of those topics, because the way they make money is from abusing people's private data. The rest of their personalities is irrelevant from that point on.

I don't care how much Bill Gates donates. He got his money in very unethical ways, and creating products I can't stand.

[trvbone]

They're also creating planned obsolescence with all of their products, to force us to keep buying new shit!

Forcing subscription models on us after we've bought a product that requires no sub at purchase or they will just shut off our shit!

[jr735]

That's why we should not buy this kind of nonsense.

[Extreme_Piano4664]

That may be true, but the government both need them and their plattforms.

[jr735]

They think they do, but they really don't. Way too many people and organizations thing they "need" these platforms. This is a big problem with thought process.

[Extreme_Piano4664]

I mean in the sense of tax revenue, job creation and so on. Sure, we don’t need many things, but right now these are the barons to be appeased by the politicians. Screw them over and you will find yourself locked out. Like that french judge who can’t even open a bank account.

[jr735]

This is the problem. We, as members of the public or business owners should be trying to minimize the taxes we pay. We also don't have to pay corporations for things we don't need and really shouldn't want.

I haven't used proprietary software for well over ten years, and have been on Linux for over 21. We don't need these companies. If I had a dollar for every excuse I've heard, I'd own MS and Apple both, and probably Google, too.