“tech bro” is insulting to people that work in tech that aren’t assholes
Is the ‘tech bro-ification’ of abortion here?
Submitted 1 month ago by Pro@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
https://prismreports.org/2025/06/11/abortion-tech-repro-workers/
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RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 1 month ago
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Tech bro is practically a slur and doesn’t refer to “dudes that just work in tech”
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 month ago
Why?
RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 1 month ago
because it lumps Us in with a bunch of assholes that are doing bad things with tech
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Nah. Been working in tech for nearly 30 years, “tech bro” is a delineation. Keeps the fuckers from smearing the rest of us
mesitoispro@ttrpg.network 1 month ago
“Repro” workers
You can always tell what kind of biases an article has based on the slang it uses.
hansolo@lemmy.today 1 month ago
My, my. Look at all the open source, privacy focused period trackers in the Fdroid store.
reseller_pledge609@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
While this is obviously the solution, being smug and pointing at it as if it’s obvious and women are stupid for not knowing about it doesn’t help.
If anything we need to figure out how to help women discover drip or whatever alternative we want to recommend. We need to figure out how to get it higher up on the Play Store’s search results rather than it being impossible to discover at something like #40 on that list. We need to figure out how to introduce F-droid and related solutions in a way that is as close to frictionless as possible.
Sadly, not everyone is willing to put in the amount of work we are and others aren’t even aware of the issues.
ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
You pay…no way around that. Google has rigged the search in the store, you will never get a good search location unless you pay.
hansolo@lemmy.today 1 month ago
Sorry if it seemed smug at all. The “My my” was more being happy that the Fdroid app repo is pulling it’s weight and a valuable resource that fascists seem to over look.
mesitoispro@ttrpg.network 1 month ago
I definitely agree with you about being kind in our introduction of free software to the masses.
I don’t think he was being smug though because he’s talking to an audience of tech-minded people.