Do you really believe this? Red hat is paying people to shill for them on lemmy? I don't suppose I could trouble you for some evidence of that, could I?

Paid moderators? Why do you think they get paid? Who do you think is paying them?

I'm not surprised they walked it back. They've pulled the classic "new coke" trick here: put out something deeply terrible no one will ever agree to, then walk it back pretty significantly to something still shitty and exploitative, but not as bad as what you had threatened. Your customers feel like this is a win, but they're still stuck with a worse deal than before the beginning of the debacle.

I try to stay civil outside hexbear, but this post is testing my resolve on that. Are you really so treat-brained that you're ok with forcing children to mine cobalt so you can have a smartphone?

You should take some time and think about whether that's really the kind of person you want to be

The source for this? Radio Free Asia interviewed one (1) anonymous person.