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Dave Plummer aka. Dave's Garage (former Microsoft dev) claims that every Linux distribution comes with a closed source binary blob made by Linus Torvalds himself and thus Linux "has the illusion of transparency". I knew he was a piece of shit.

Here is where the State of WA sued him for his scamware.

https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/attorney-general-s-office-sues-settles-washington-based-softwareonlinecom

Usually I am up to speed with the tech grifters but this fuck slid under my radar.

Dave Plummer aka. Dave's Garage (former Microsoft dev) claims that every Linux distribution comes with a closed source binary blob made by Linus Torvalds himself and thus Linux "has the illusion of transparency". I knew he was a piece of shit. Here is where the State of WA sued him for his scamware. https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/attorney-general-s-office-sues-settles-washington-based-softwareonlinecom Usually I am up to speed with the tech grifters but this fuck slid under my radar.

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"Dave's Garage" comments are bullshit. I have personally compiled several Linux platforms for unique and one specific task. There are NO "blobs" or other hidden coding in the source code. There may be some hooks in there once a driver is installed (NVida for example) but I don't do that.

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Exactly. Yeah Dave is a shill and according to the state of Washington, a grifter. He's also fucking annoying to watch and listen to. I have compiled Linux myself and Linux has been open source since day 1 and if Linus Torvalds put something in there it would have been found a long time ago.