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Bill Gates is a horrible person. (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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So I just read Bill Gates' 1976 Open Letter To Hobbyists, in which he whines about not making more money from his software. You know, instead of being proud of making software that people wanted to use. And then the bastard went on and made proprietary licences for software the industry standard, holding back innovation and freedom for decades. What a douche canoe.

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[–] -3 points 11 months ago (12 children)

Not to say he's a good person, but contrary to most billionaires, he

  1. actually contributed some technical know-how in building his fortune (still, billionaires should not exist)
  2. did not rape children (as far as we know so far)

Furthermore, he's long gone from Microsoft, so I think your ire is better directed at Satya Nadella and similar totalitarian elitist pieces of shit

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  • [–] 20 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    Well, not raping children is kind of a low bar. But didn't he lobby Astra Zeneca not to open source the covid vaccine, because he has a stake there? Humanist my ass. Edit: someone already pointed this out already, I ought to read the thread before posting.

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    Melinda Gates divorced him because he was fucking around.

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  • [–] 30 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    She divorced him because it became clear he was a regular on Epstein's island.

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  • [–] 13 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Unfortunately it does look like he, too, was involved in this kabal. Even though we don't know for sure, there's not much point in assuming innocence, even though I won't consider him a pedo-criminal until I see some more evidence.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    To be clear - while I do consider it likely that it was as the other reply to your comment suggests - I won't judge a stranger for cheating on their spouse as long as it is consensual and they don't expose anyone (e.g. their spouse) to a risk of STDs

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    If it's explicitly consensual then it's not cheating because you are not breaking any understood rules of the relationship.

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