Trolls

Big Tech Trolls: Trojan Horses Against FOSS!
FOSS is becoming wildly popular; far more than Big Tech ever imagined. Linux OS's are taking an ever bigger bite out of Big Tech (esp. W10/11) profit$. With Mint heralded as the best Windows replacement the growing angst against Big Tech was/is noticed. So MS decided to keep their enemies closer; hence, Winux! A W11/Linux dual-boot.

Now, enter into that fray, the fast–growing Reddit, where everyone can be someone else! When some Social Media platforms were attempting to curb toxic anonymity, Reddit became the king of anonymity; Reddit will soon be Troll City, with only few remaining as the gullible consumer newbies sucked into that void. Hackers and players globally, pretend to be mostly American or European consumers. Here's one of many examples; see my comment in the string!

But those who want to pretend to be, who they really are not, they just cannot have enough accounts there. It gives them the impression of many users on their side; upvoting self and downvoting anyone who opposes their posts or comments. Pathetic I know!

Big Tech jumped all over it; they had everyone (globally) who had a vested interest in MS, to set–up Reddit accounts, and create a tidal wave of instances that made it clear; support for FOSS will ruin computers or computing. But when that fake news did not make a big enough dent, they decided upon allowing Winux.

Obviously, it would be very easy code to write, which would simply prevent Winux on potentiality billions of Windows–subsidized units, but they know maintaining that would be another costly front in a long war, so instead they decided to allow it; then exploit it.

With data as the new oil (metaphorically anyway), I'm certain that user data storage is enormous and private; kept in Big Tech server vaults that are not openly accessible. It would be bad business to do otherwise; shareholders and all!

This scam now runs amok on Reddit, and one only need to look for two things; a competing brand mentioned and a list of what the competing one does that the other does not. Take phones; low cost units cannot be high cost units; there are logical reasons for their prices. Trolls exploit this by going to the sub or forum for Brand A, and ask if they can do the same things as the Brand B (that they're working for) can do? The Troll exists to cast doubt and/or sow discord for anything that is not Brand B!

Winux cannot be too successful; just give enough proverbial rope for simpleton Linux fans to hang themselves. All that Windows Techs needed to do was {1} to make sure they can back door any hardware–level chip, then {2} code–bonk Winux dual-boot systems into Glitchville. Then Microsoft married sweetheart Nvidia! Guess who she favors and opposes?

Big Tech Trolls are not limited to Windows versus Apple versus Google; all Big Tech has Trolls that do the exact same thing; push users toward their products or services. I'd be shocked if Trolls numbered under a 100K globally in all languages. Trolls will never expose self directly, but like the wind we cannot see, we can see what wind affects.

All (us) FOSS Techs have been warning users about Big Tech (Biz) for over 2 decades now; all of a sudden everyone is starting to see what we've seen since 1999! Why? Politics 2025: Make America Go Away!

That is the Corporatocracy chant. But the level of gullibility is becoming exponential, alongside the curse of the Wild Wild Web. The ease of spreading fake or false information is astounding, but what's terrifying is the sheer numbers guzzling that sociocultural Kool–Aid by the gallons daily!

Any Big Tech Business entity that pretends to be friends with FOSS Tech, are just deceiving (well, gullible) users. They finance many FOSS projects because they recognized (even before Y2K) that FOSS would be a threat to future Tech domination and market share: And it is! Can't beat it, join it! Then add unlimited AI Bots! Madness!

Consequently, in addition to financing many supposedly FOSS Projects (e.g. Chromium), they have also built an impressive army of Big Tech Trolls that scour the Wild Wild Web, for places they can set up shop to deceive the gullible masses.

Reddit and other popular hacker shops that allow anonymity, are favored because they even promote the use of multiple accounts, exploited to disguise as regular users. Plus they can up & down vote for self–benefits.

And regular users are duped by them at almost a 100% success rate: It is a sad thing to watch. But nowadays it's getting harder to tell fake profiles from genuine user profiles.

Troll profiles can be chaotic; crypto–rewarded Trolls reside globally so there's sometimes language differences found within their comment strings. But no matter the chaos, if they're exposed they simply delete the account; they have many to utilize.

Average users have one account; a simple review will show many interests, and a theme emerges. But regular users will get sucked into gimmicks, such as a dual–boot of Windows & Linux, or Winux, a scam that was hatched around 2014 or so, most likely by MS Trolls, because even with Winux they can mine user data and activities.

But regular non tech users who promote Winux, do so without the technical nohow to prove anything is afoul; it's all emotional ego protection at that point. Winux causes a literal stream of negative issues; scroll all of the Linux based Subs on Reddit for that nonstop stream of proof.

Knowledge is empowering; it's pride and ego that makes people gullible to begin with; it devolves into the Cult Mentality! What is even more embarrassing are when non techs will read a website article, written by one of us Techs, then the Trolls come onto Reddit or other Social Media sites, to parrot those words, correcting us Techs by what they read, as if they know more than Techs, who may have contributed to that very article. But that's why it's called the Wild Wild Web!

Winux is one way (among many) that Big Tech Trolls attempt to yoke FOSS to the arch enemy of FOSS: Microsoft (MS). Every FOSS Tech or Advocate on Earth, opposes MS, and more than any other Big Biz entity globally. So when someone actually promotes MS (or windows), on any level or in any way, they're exposing themselves, but the gullible masses are obviously oblivious.

The same is true when any hardware is processed by any Big Tech technician. They code the chips so that no matter what happens to that hardware unit, they can back door into it to perform all kinds of spying. Hence their close ties to Federal Spy agencies, a marriage that can be traced back as early as the eighties. This was happening before most gullible users existed.

All Big Tech Corps have a legion of Techs, plus many retail employees, plus money hungry Execs to feed; all of them seek to be rich. Now take that times the too–many hands–in–the–pie Capitalist takers; all of them must collectively work to support those many parasitic Investors & Wall St. Grifters.

Compromises made for those bottom–line $ numbers are numerous and ubiquitous. Compromising user privacy and security is a simple choice for them, in spite of what their PR Ads must spin.

Everything Big Tech gets involved in, must result in impacting that $ bottom line. Unless you're buying a tangible item from them, "you" are their product; they will monetize you because they only offer services. If they only profit from the sale of an item, like Walmart, they do not need to covertly extract your life story; they only want to know what you have bought, or want to buy, that they sell; you are not their product.

Brand cultists are their Ad Agent's collateral success stories; they unwittingly help Big Tech for free. They're odd fellows, because of the deep devotion to (say) product X; if anyone criticizes product X or does not share in their praises of it, they'll attack them (badmouth; down votes; etc.). They don't own product X; they don't work there or have any connection to it, except they use it themselves; therefore it's the best.

Big Tech Trolls on the other hand, are likely crypto paid gig workers, rather than corporate employees (plausible deniability) creating anonymous Social Media throwaway accounts, mostly to avoid exposure. It's like corporate greenwashing: Their main job is to sow discord and plant doubt, for anyone using, or considering a change to, anything FOSS: It's just good business. The Winux dual-boot is now big business!