We could have a neat little internet comment war about personal opinions on Qt...

But it's the weekend and I'd rather not.

A tiny bit.

If you care about american politics and future, another "dynasty hire" is the second to last thing the country needs.

I'm pretty sure I can find fictional things immoral? Why would it be unethical to have an opinion on fictional things?

Factually, all the lines that you allow to be crossed are crossed and all lines that are collectively defended are usually not crossed. That's culture. It's arbitrary and not absolute.

The same way that I don’t go around killing people after playing GTA, I also don’t go around assaulting women because I played a videogame where these things happen.

Right. That's fair and I'll believe it.

Do you generally think there is any limit at all, in any type of media that crosses lines and shouldn't exist? Think "liveleak" stuff from when that was around.

Or do you consider this game topic just not crossing that line?

I agree, but they aren't.

I am specifically saying this, because my democratic country has laws that would also cover these things the letter mentions and would also deem them wrong. The people normally charged with upholding that law, are just dumb, "not from the internet" and overworked with other stuff.

Please check what laws your country has around the topic of glorification of crime and violence.

We also don't know what the payment processors told itch and steam.

Itch and steam are doing what they are doing as a blanket move, to create a situation where they can stay in business for now and deal with the problem at all.

My bet would be that they "allowed nsfw stuff", turned a blind eye, and now suddenly noticed they actually have a really big legal problem, with actual laws and the fact that it was an NGO and not an official legal institution that started this, was dumb luck and now they mostly need time and cover their own arse.

And I fully support the opinion that it shouldn't be the payment processors forcing these sorts of things. But reality is messy and if this was the path of least resistance to get something done, such is life.

Yes, but.

Everyone should read the open letter that's linked in the itch statement, to have a fully informed opinion.

There definitely is a line. Everyone can choose were they draw it. You don't have to draw it in a way where you end up defending things that are kinda messed up.

There is definitely a hill worth fighting on in that area. I don't think it's this exact one.

Bold of you to assume people have perfect knowledge of what they installed and what they use and how much.

Mastodon dot SOCIAL did, the big public instance. Mastodon the software doesn't have these restrictions.

2025 is a banger year for open source and internet freedom.

Also, updates.

"hey computer! Update!"

"Sure thing, here is a list of 57 packages I will update, y/n?"

"y"

"ok... done!"

👌

I'm not applying but I have a comment / suggestion:

A pattern I'm seeing here, in activism and open source is that you basically want the full package right now. While I understand that that is what you need, people like that don't grow on trees.

It would be good if there was a "trainee" position for people to gain the kind of experience you are asking for. And guidance, by you to make sure they learn the right lessons. Possibly including a private-ish best practices handbook or whatever. I know that that means additional work in the short term.

Thanks for reading, all the best wishes!

(Compare to linux' kernel team asking for kernel devs and the policy of "pick any topic you'd like to work on". Do I expect a fully course on everything, bringing me from "high school knowledge" to "kernel dev professional"? No, of course not. But a few book recommendations would be great. In that case. Not sure if you can learn moderation from a book.)

Ah yes. Work that tracks you, not by your output, but by whether your mouse jiggles a statistically correct amount. Nice.