Update: the post is back, maybe people mass reported it and the bots took it down? I don’t know.

  • Hyperreality@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    selling prototypes of unreleased hardware without manufacturer consent

    This isn’t true. They didn’t sell the prototype, they sold it at an auction. Entirely different, apparently.

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      11 months ago

      They didn’t sell the prototype, they sold it at an auction.

      So why say LMG didn’t sell the prototype?

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        11 months ago

        They’re taking the piss out of Linus’s own justification. Linus himself was the one to use this semantics argument unironically.

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        11 months ago

        Because selling to the highest bidder, isn’t selling. It’s auctioning,

        And that’s different somehow, at least according to Linus’ explanation of this whole thing. I think we can trust Linus on this one, he has a proven track record of accuracy and honesty. LOL