You can do all the privacy measures in the world, but if the people you talk to are using spyware then it’s all out the window. (literally Windows, get it?)

This video breaks down some of the basic reasons to switch to Linux so you can convince your friends: https://video.simplifiedprivacy.com/why-linux-beats-windows/

  • The Postminimalist@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    He’s a capitalist and one of the richest people in the world. Nothing about him fits the bill of a leftist. I think you’re coming at this with the US’s perception of the left, like the democratic party, which wouldn’t be considered left almost anywhere else in the world.

    Linus Torvalds is a bit more of a leftist, and the whole ideology of Linux is pretty fitting for the left.

    • ShadowRebel@monero.townOP
      12·
      1 year ago

      Bill Gates is a hypocrite. He got wealthy off capitalism, yet often promotes socialist type policies. Also his policy ideas involve centralized control. And MSN links are promoted by bing

      You’re correct that Linux is free and therefore less corporate. But one could also argue that it’s anti-big tech and google/microsoft are on the left. Also privacy is anti-NSA, and in this sense anti-government would be considered the right. However, people of all sides can enjoy Linux

      • The Postminimalist@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        1 year ago

        God I wish he promoted socialist policies. But he certainly does not. I do not agree with the statement that “the biggest capitalists in the world are actually socialists”.

        People on the left are generally anti big tech, anti-google, anti-microsoft, anti-NSA. Anti-government is also not inherently right wing, especially if you look at anarchists instead of tankies. But adding restrictions onto giant corporations (that effectively become more powerful than the government) is more of a leftist opinion.