Linux.com Has Become Microsoft Spam and Spamnil

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2021-12-09 14:29:32 UTC
Modified: 2021-12-09 14:32:33 UTC

Recent: Spamnil is Spamming Linux.com

Linux.com
Screenshot from only minutes ago

Spamnil's channel
Not even 100 views (all combined)

Summary: Go to a site called Linux.com, first word is "MICROSOFT" and it's just a spamfarm promoting Spamnil's videos; he wipes what he can off that site, which had taken decades to make (and build reputation for); The Linux Foundation has killed the news site, in spite of having no cash deficit; its priorities are now whitewashing and greenwashing Microsoft (mentioned positively about a dozen times in the new Linux Foundation report), whereas the site has been turned into a sort of spamfarm, used by Microsofters and opportunists to get some views for failing, spammy videos (pure marketing, usually proprietary software)

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