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[–] spaxxor@lemmy.world 30 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Remember, according to the small Canadian man, adblock is theft

[–] SomeBoyo@feddit.de 12 points 11 months ago (3 children)

But then again theft is not theft according to the same small Canadian man.

[–] Johanno@feddit.de 15 points 11 months ago

It's only theft if he loses money.

[–] SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 6 points 11 months ago

And sexual harassment in the workplace is not actually sexual harassment either according to the same man.

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ootl --what'd he do this time?

[–] SomeBoyo@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

He auctioned of a startup's prototype without permission.

[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Piracy, actually, but yes. That tweet was such a dumpster fire. All it accomplished was it showed how grossly misinformed Linus was about this topic. How ad blocking equals copyright infringement is beyond me.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 15 points 11 months ago

He's 100% Dependent of advertising on YouTube. So his statement is not only biased but completely in favor of his income.

[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 6 points 11 months ago

I've followed Linus off and on from the jump, but I'ma listen to actual security experts over him lol.