Apparently in the past day, they’ve removed all the logos from the Microgrants projects and clarified that the grants are unsolicited

  • weeeeum@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    What else do you expect him to do that will make an ACTUAL change? You HAVE to make some concessions when collaborating with large entities, and I think we are lucky that Louis can stay true to all of his beliefs with a large backing like FUTO, even if they aren’t perfect.

    I feel like I’ve seen stories like this before, how a popular YouTuber, or advocate isn’t “perfect”. People in the comments provide a “perfect” alternative, they are usually super niche and super underground. Certainly someone that hasn’t yet had the chance to come under the same amount of scrutiny.

    We need to be a little compromising to avoid cannibalizing our movement to achieve “purity” of our ideals, while corps continue to take ground. My two cents. Stop the bleeding first, before you worry about scars.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      13 hours ago

      Exactly!

      FUTO is a force for good IMO, even though I disagree with their approach. I use:

      • Grayjay - way nicer than NewPipe and works with a bunch of services
      • FUTO Keyboard - best keyboard alternative for swipe typing IMO
      • Polycentric - I’ve posted a bit through Grayjay and want it to catch on

      I wish their software was FOSS, but at least it’s source available and I think they fixed it to allow noncommercial redistribution of modifications. It’s not perfect, but it’s a force for a good.