The dubvee guy made something the way he wanted it and shared it with others. If someone doesn’t like the way he did it they can fork it or use another front end. Not everyone likes the same things and that’s okay.

  • WhiteOakBayouOP
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    2 days ago

    Of course not, but all the moralizing and celebration of this guy getting dragged and cancelled is fucked. Just because we can doesn’t mean we should.

    • PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S [he/him]@anarchist.nexus
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      Yeah but I actually can argue that we should here.

      There should be some negative consequences for DDOSing dbzer0 at a minimum. There should be some negative consequences for releasing software, gratis or otherwise, with an opt-out hidden centralized blacklist. Being made fun of for a few days is a perfectly reasonable and proportional consequence of tricking people into using malware. In a few days time, we’ll forget about Patrick and his malware, and hopefully he can move on with his life.

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        2 days ago

        I hope so too. But I agree with you “Vox populi, vox dei.”

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      How is it “fucked”? He offered no apology, was underhanded and believed he knew what was best for everyone, locked comments so no one could respond, and doubled down. Then, cherry on top, DDoS’d.