So I just read Bill Gates’ 1976 Open Letter To Hobbyists, in which he whines about not making more money from his software. You know, instead of being proud of making software that people wanted to use. And then the bastard went on and made proprietary licences for software the industry standard, holding back innovation and freedom for decades. What a douche canoe.

  • Credibly_Human@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    Why would he give a shit what people think about him? Others rich people don’t because when you’ve got enough money you can insulate yourself entirely from what the world thinks.

    This is the most ridiculous line of reasoning.

    Firstly, many rich people care. Many care about their “legacy”. They want their names on big donations, and on school campuses.

    Secondly, many rich people spend inordinate amounts on PR advisement firms, demonstrating that there are significant dollar values put into caring about this. We’re talking about PR for the person, not even for a business.

    Nor do the people judging him so harshly.

    They judge from what is known. You judge from giving him the benefit of the doubt between the cracks.

    The fuck? Why would he donate money and save countless lives just to benefit from it via some claimed business link?

    This is such a bizarre misrepresentation of what my comment is clearly saying.

    I am clearly pointing out that he is still doing evil and you are being blinded by some fancy curated numbers.

    I don’t even know how you got to that conclusion.