Unfortunately, I think you’re projecting a bit. He’s had interviews stating that he has issues with “both” sides, so from what I can find he seems centrist in his views. Also, he’s now a part of FUTO which has hosted him as a speaker alongside others with alt-right tech personalities.
From my perspective, I think he fits the burned out IT professional archetype that is tired of all the BS today, but as far as activism I think he’s pretty much only focused on right to repair. Anything beyond that seems to not be in his scope of interest. But to be honest, I would be happy to be proven wrong.
Just to clarify I wasn’t trying to insinuate anything of Rossman’s political stance. I was just using it as an example to describe the more aggressive nature towards protecting people over corporations. Which is often a leftist stance but doesn’t mean you’re necessarily a leftist.
And yeah, I’m also not a fan of FUTO’s, their strategy for licensing for example, I looked into Grayjay and ultimately went to Newpipe. While better than entirely closed source, it still centralizes control so 🤷♂️
But I entirely agree, he’s definitely more towards the center. However, right to repair and his fight against corporations are obviously worth supporting.
Unfortunately, I think you’re projecting a bit. He’s had interviews stating that he has issues with “both” sides, so from what I can find he seems centrist in his views. Also, he’s now a part of FUTO which has hosted him as a speaker alongside others with alt-right tech personalities.
From my perspective, I think he fits the burned out IT professional archetype that is tired of all the BS today, but as far as activism I think he’s pretty much only focused on right to repair. Anything beyond that seems to not be in his scope of interest. But to be honest, I would be happy to be proven wrong.
Another user said similar, so:
Just to clarify I wasn’t trying to insinuate anything of Rossman’s political stance. I was just using it as an example to describe the more aggressive nature towards protecting people over corporations. Which is often a leftist stance but doesn’t mean you’re necessarily a leftist.
And yeah, I’m also not a fan of FUTO’s, their strategy for licensing for example, I looked into Grayjay and ultimately went to Newpipe. While better than entirely closed source, it still centralizes control so 🤷♂️
But I entirely agree, he’s definitely more towards the center. However, right to repair and his fight against corporations are obviously worth supporting.
I totally agree with you.
I wish more in the tech industry were able to see how these issues are all related to the leftist struggle.