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This whole debacle is making me extremely black pilled about open software in general. Just like cheap computing has died in recent years, I suspect non corporate free software is about to meet the same end to the acclaim of people who think they're doing a good thing for the world.
Do you mind describing what black pill means in this context? I'm familiar with the red/blue pill references, but could only find the incel context of black pill online. Is it just a "harsh truth" kinda thing?
Sorry for bringing terminally online slang to the table haha
In my head yeah it's the pill that teaches you a bleak and depressing truth but shows you no way out of it. I may be misusing the term.
You most certainly are, use a different metaphor/descriptor.