On: No Billionares at FOSDEM

[baggy_trough]

By listening to different points of view and deciding what best makes sense to us. That is why suppressing speech(es) is wrong.

[hshshshshsh → baggy_trough]

That is fair. What is your counter argument Drew?

[rmgk → baggy_trough]

So we should give Drew the other half of the keynote to make an informed decision afterward?

[baggy_trough → rmgk]

No, but he can definitely talk somewhere else.

[bogwog → baggy_trough]

A protest like this is basically just IRL adblock. Do you not use ad blockers because of "free speech" ideology?

[lvass → bogwog]

It's more like installing adblock in the computers of everyone in a room without asking for permission.

[baggy_trough → lvass]

It's actually more like replacing the content of an article they are trying to read with an ad for yourself.

[immibis → lvass]

Imagine if Windows came with adblock out of the box. It would be the best thing Microsoft ever did.

Now imagine the next best thing: if Dell installed adblock on all its Windows before you bought them. It would be the best thing Dell ever did.

Now imagine the next next best thing: if someone broke into a Dell warehouse, installed adblock on all the computers, and didn't do anything else. This would be a horrible crime and the perpetrator must be brought to justice post-haste!

[baggy_trough → immibis]

Some might think those were good things because they were making it easier for people to access the content they wanted. That's the exact opposite of what Drew is proposing.

[immibis → baggy_trough]

Others might think they're bad things because they were making it harder for people to access the ads they wanted.

[tgsovlerkhgsel → bogwog]

I ask people for consent before I install adblock on their devices.