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Mastadon: "Trump is using our software!"

Also Mastadon: "Lol Trumps social media site got hacked!"

Also Also Mastadon: "Changes to the look and feel of the site violate our license!"

OK that's not encouraging anyone to use their software. I have a feeling this is much more a knee jerk reaction to who is using their software rather than a well thought out complaint.

I think the most important part of this debacle is that the site itself wasn't supposed to be launched. This is the equivalent of someone leaking footage of (lets say) a baseball being thrown at a truck window, and the window breaking, and everyone going "oh well that's obviously rubbish" in Jeremy Clarkson's voice. Nevermind that the truck was obviously a mock-up.



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