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> The removal of Gab app from F-Droid is precisely exercising of the freedom of the right not to hear something. No - it's merely exercising the right F-Driod
by writepub 7y ago
> The removal of Gab app from F-Droid is precisely exercising of the freedom of the right not to hear something.
No - it's merely exercising the right F-Driod has as a private entity to exercise it's rightful freedom. However, no one strapped anyone to chair and force fed them Gab content. Unless one wanted to access Gab as an exercise of their free will, one wouldn't just stumble upon it, especially with the mass banning of it's federation by other vendors.
I respect F-Droid's right and decision to censor, but reject the hyperbole and demegaogary. A condemnation & guide on avoiding Gab would have sufficed, and furthered my respect for F-Droid.
And who is all this for anyways? Are the tech savvy software devs & power users who gravitate towards F-Droid incapable of avoiding a site they really don't want to visit?
What will they do about the 500M other domains on the internet? All accessible via F-Droid's browser apps!!
- majkinetor 7y ago> And who is all this for anyways? Are the tech savvy software devs & power users who gravitate towards F-Droid incapable of avoiding a site they really don't want to visit? This! I am horrified by this kind of babysitting because it sure as hell backfires.