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this post was submitted on 21 Jul 2023
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Note of amusement: The GitHub issues tracker for that proposal got swamped with tickets either mocking this crap or denouncing it for what it is, this morning the person who seems to be the head of the project closed all those tickets and published this blog post, in essence saying "Shut up with your ethical considerations, give us a hand in putting up this electric fence around the web". Of course that didn't stop it.
Also somebody pointed out this gem in the proposal, quoted here:
Quick edit: This comment on one of the closed tickets points out the contact information of the Antitrust authorities of both US and EU, i think i'm gonna drop the EU folks a note
Edit: And they disabled commenting on the issues tracker
My favorite part is when they ask you to give them the benefit of the doubt, but also anyone who disagrees with them in a way that doesn't fit their expectations is "noise."
And if you have issues with the "use case" itself, you're shit out of luck, shut it, shithead!
If you raise legal issues with the 'use case' of their 'web platform' thing, ppl will just not respond to you!
Meaning: we don't care if the shot we plan might be illegal, and we won't be stopped by you fucks telling us if it is or not "
What benefit of the doubt?
The absolute best possible case is repulsive.
My favorite part was "even if you notice we intend to break the law just be quiet about it"
Benefit of the doubt, as in "I doubt this is a good idea"