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.

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[–] melfie@lemy.lol 53 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

He’s still the same sociopath as always, except now with a savior complex. Giving away all his money, is he? His foundation has been around 25 years and he still has $100b+ net worth. A single individual shouldn’t have that much power, and the fact that he still voluntarily wields it while virtue signaling affirms every negative opinion of him. Even if he were the benevolent billionaire his PR campaign would have us believe he is, such a net worth should be reserved for governments where it’s spread across multiple agencies that have checks and balances and are accountable to voters. I don’t trust any individual with that much power, though I’d trust any random person off the street over anyone ruthless enough to become a billionaire.

[–] Prior_Industry@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I remember reading somewhere that his foundation was all a massive tax avoidance scheme. It was quite a compelling argument when broken down. I wish I could find it again.

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Simply follow the big money. He's got more net worth now than when he said he would start donating.

[–] Prior_Industry@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Bingo

[–] dil@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

Idk who these ppl are even donating to, never benefits my life, wherever they go its not benefiting the ppl they took the money from, some third world country if that