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I suspect the idea is to make it scary enough for Benji that he isn’t comfortable going to NYC, without having to actually arrest him.

I don’t think it’s a good idea to ascribe any benevolence to Systemd, though.

• they are intentionally suppressing alternatives: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2010-September/000391.html

• They have used their size to force others to work around their idiosyncrasies, causing outages and reducing security of a majority of Linux systems around the world.

I have used systemd extensively for work in huge multi tenant environments, and I am in no way saying it just sucks and has no benefits.

I am saying that accepting it as-is will lead to Linux becoming a locked down, big tech owned slopfest.

If it wasn’t useful for them it wouldn’t make sense to invest money in it. I am not trying to make the argument that this is some kind of single minded hatred playing out.

With that said, how is Linux improved by having a single " init system " effectively steered by the worst of big tech? Systemd is becoming harder to get away from and reducing interest in alternatives.

Do you think Microsoft ever tried to use a tactic of embracing a competing technology, extending their influence over it, and then using their leverage to extinguish the threat?

If yes, do you think they have stopped doing that currently?

Do you think Google and Microsoft are currently aligned with the technocratic destruction of EU and US legal status quo?

No, you’re misunderstanding me. They aren’t trying to kill Linux.

Rather, they are trying to add a walled garden to it that they can use to drive out hobbyists and privacy enthusiasts.

Because Microsoft has back channel influence on systemd development¹

It’s fine now, but the future trajectory is locked into the path Android has followed - extending dominance over all widely used distributions, then gradually using that dominance to choke and extinguish any alternatives.

Additionally, I saw a site around 3 months ago that VIGOROUSLY documented the financial ties from amutable to Microsoft and Google. I have been looking for a good 20 minutes but can’t find it. If this rings a bell for anyone that can remember more details please comment!

1. Lennart Poettering was a Microsoft employee until recently

https://itsfoss.com/news/amutable-linux-security/

This is the most detailed, documented mapping of the pedophile elite that I have seen thus far.