@KarlHeinzHasliP @mastodonmigration and they invest heavily in Israeli defence companies.

@jackwilliambell @mastodonmigration @samiamsam So don't say I told you so, even if it is justified. Be a good person, keep your head cool, keep warning people, even if the result is anger.

@mastodonmigration I am shocked, this is my shocked face:

@mastodonmigration Lol, it's called capitalism. No big company is a "good guy".

@mastodonmigration

@mastodonmigration It's normal to delay announcing funding rounds like this. This is a nothingburger.

@mastodonmigration maybe the techies are but not much from ordinary users

@dalias @duncan_bayne @mastodonmigration Apple does kind of pretend at openness. Oh they don't pretend to be FLOSS of course, but they created a walled garden and trick people into thinking it's wide open — right up until someone finds out they can't log into their account because of a bad gift card and everything they had in there is inaccessible...

Ubuntu actually is pretty open for all that it's so corporate. The fact Mint could be built on it kind of says they haven't really fully reached the Bluesky level of centralization and closedness.

Well, perhaps there isn't really an ideal metaphor, but the way people put Apple up on that pedestal as the perfect alternative really makes me feel like it comes darned close.

@cadey

It certainly is not. Have never seen it before. Name another example.

@JonChevreau

Interesting

@mastodonmigration The average delay from getting funding and announcing it is about 3 months. It's completely normal. This is just how venture capital works.

@cadey

Nonsense. Saying it does not make it so. It is simply not true. Plus, we are talking about a year, and particularly with an investment of this magnitude.