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betz24@lemmynsfw.com 9 months agoBig tech chipping in is how we get Amazon spyware/Microsoft apps built into OS. I agree with respectable salary for developers. I think if Linux org ran the same campaign as Wikipedia it would gather a lot more donations. The whole world runs on some form of the Linux kernel.
CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 9 months ago
That’s not how the Linux kernel works…
The final decision on what is merged into the kernel is Linus’ decision and that’s how it’s been the last 30 years.
Microsoft bakes spyware into the operating system because they own the NT kernel and the Windows OS.
Amazon clones the Linux kernel, modifies it and adds it’s own garbage software, then builds it.
The main Linux kernel is free of any spy shit and that’s how it’s likely going to remain.
betz24@lemmynsfw.com 9 months ago
While I agree, Linus isn’t getting younger and as we are seeing, long time lead maintainers are starting to step down. It would be a shame if Linux kernel and subsequently it’s OS’s, turns into what happened to Android. We see it happening time and time again (e.g. Reddit, Twitter), when there is the possibility for more revenue, these companies will kill anything that was developed 'for the people ’
anlumo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
At least any spy shit that we know of. Just look at the obfuscated C contest what’s possible in that abomination of a language.
RobbieGM@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
Any code that is anywhere near that unreadable let alone purposefully obfuscated is not making it past the review process
anlumo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Sorry, I meant the Underhanded C contest. This is a contest for code that looks benign, but does something completely different.
www.underhanded-c.org