Well this definitely makes me reconsider using their IDEs now. How can you be that tone deaf?
Unless their leadership doubles down on this, it’s one department or even an external vendor acting in JetBrains’ name. Doesn’t make me think bad of them as a whole.
This seems to be how these things inevitably must go. Pay money to legitimately use a product or view a piece media. 🔜 Oh no, my money is now going toward funding something bad.
Jet rains here, Nintendo with their lawsuits, the entire MPA (formerly known as MPAA).
This I can wave my hands at and say “Lawyers.” Their recent Rust move, not so much.
Sometimes it feels like the EFF is the only one holding back the tide. Everyone should donate to EFF ❤️
All my homies love the EFF.
They’re awesome, but I feel like it’ll go the way of the ACLU eventually.
Like nowadays on Reddit you see a lot of support for all the bureaucratic regulation like the AI act, Cybersecurity act, etc. empowering Big Tech monopolies and Big Government control over start-ups and tinkerers.
I don’t know about the AI act. If it turns out anything like the DMA, it’s probably a good thing. The EU seems to have got a sense for creating regulation that curtails Big Tech while still enabling small actors.
The DMA is a good thing helping to stop monopoly positions, not all regulation is bad, but it’s not all good either.
Whereas the AI act is entrenching monopolies by making it much harder for startups and Open Source AI to function in the EU.
Not really. All these start-ups are in the US for a reason and it’s not just immigration.
The EU would like to do what you say. The AI act contains exceptions for open source and SMEs but that just shields them from being completely wiped out. On balance, they’d still be better off without it.
All these start-ups are in the US for a reason and it’s not just immigration.
It’s in the US because VC firms are in the US, and VC firms are in the US because the US has an economy that produces billionaires, and that is mostly based on the USD being the reserve currency of the world, which is mostly based on the post-WWII world order.
The US was actually more innovative when it was more regulated. The biggest innovations in the US came from the public sector. Deregulation is not conductive to innovation.
I am not sure I understand what you mean here, what is the deal with the ACLU?
They abandoned a lot of the Free Speech stuff - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union#Waning_interest_in_defending_white_supremacists’_first_amendment_rights
Obviously I don’t support white supremacists, but they’ve stepped away from being defenders of the constitution in that respect. Same for defending those not using certain pronouns, etc.
In 2021, the ACLU responded to the criticisms by denying that they are reducing their support for unpopular First Amendment causes and listing 27 cases from 2017 to 2021 where the ACLU supported a party holding an unpopular or repugnant viewpoint. The cases included one which challenged college restrictions on hate speech; a case defending a Catholic school’s right to discriminate in hiring; and a case that defended antisemitic protesters who marched outside a synagogue.
The fight of making networks responsible for the contents for private communication is ever-green. This is why I donate to the EFF.
Disappointed in jetbrains here. What the hell are they thinking. Next up maybe sue some torrent client or the Tor browser because you’re able to access jetbrains keys that way.
- block Russian developers
- change UI to be like VS Code
- inrease prices
- don’t fix bugs
- sales drop
JB: piracy is to blame! Attack someone who has nothing with it!
They should sue UPS because they can be used to distribute keys
