It's interesting what political issues people make paramount. Apple does ewaste as a service but don't have a fraction of the criticism and infighting as the open source community.
reply> It's interesting what political issues people make paramount.
replyThe related political issue here is people's right to exist.
- See: https://tekin.co.uk/2025/09/the-ruby-community-has-a-dhh-pro...
- See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human...
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Are you suggesting this issue should not be the most important issue?
If this is the most important issue: what's the point of bringing up your following sentence?
If this is not the most important issue: what in your mind would be a more important issue?
Exactly right. There's no issue more important to me than safety for the most vulnerable minority populations. This is a deal-breaker issue.
replyI won't touch their laptops again.