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Volkswagen started blocking GrapheneOS users (discuss.grapheneos.org)

submitted 1 week ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/linux@sh.itjust.works

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Original Reddit discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1u8fm6m/volkswagen_started_blocking_grapheneos_users/

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[–] db_null@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

They also want to use their factories for an Israeli arms maker. Fuck VW.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/vw-investor-qatar-complicates-plant-deal-talks-with-israeli-arms-maker-sources-2026-06-17/

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Welp, here goes any chance for my next car to be a VW.

[–] db_null@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

VW also plans to use their manufacturing capabilities for an Israeli arms maker.

https://www.reuters.com/business/volkswagen-shift-production-missile-defense-one-factory-deal-with-israeli-2026-03-24/

[–] KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Staying close to their Nazi roots.

[–] db_null@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"Volkswagen keeps the memory alive: The company actively and responsibly communicates its founding history and sees itself in the responsibility to continue to remember the fate of the forced laborers, to commemorate the victims and to stand up for respect, tolerance and diversity."

https://www.volkswagen-group.com/de/die-erinnerungsstaette-an-die-zwangsarbeit-auf-dem-gelaende-des-volkswagenwerks-15867

It's called 'keeping the memory alive' when you pivot to supporting war crimes once again.

[–] Catalyst_A@quokk.au 7 points 1 week ago

Really showing their Reich roots on this one.

[–] zergtoshi@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

Funny how chinese (car) maufacturers start appearing as "the good ones", because I can't see them starting to bend over backwards to make Google happy by locking devices out that don't carry the appropriate signature.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And nothing of value was lost (that is, VW).

Thanka for clearly being dicks, VW. One more thing on top of your cars being as bad as American cars.

[+] kibblebits@quokk.au -16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You downvoted taxing the rich. Lmfao.

https://lemvotes.org/post/lemmy.world/post/48308797

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do you just go around checking people's voting history at random?

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au -4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I was wondering who the one downvoter on that was.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

And you remembered the username and brought it up in an entirely different thread? That's weird. You didn't even stop to wonder why they might have downvoted it? Maybe they're in favor of taxing the rich, and have disagreements with that particular strategy. Maybe they have no problem with that strategy and the downvote was an accident. Maybe they are against taxing the rich.

Don't bring it up in another thread dude that's weird as hell and adds nothing to the conversation

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au -4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Was the top of their comments list. Chose the top.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

So you checked who downvoted it, and followed them to an unrelated thread to whine about it?

That. Is. Weird. As. Hell. Don't do that. It's borderline harassment

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au -5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It’s two buttons. It’s not weird. I’ll do what I want lol. Everything you do on Lemmy is public record. You know that right? Yikes.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's fucking weird bro. Lemvotes lets you see who voted on posts and comments, that's fine. You clicked on someone's profile and read their comments, that's fine. You harassed them about how they voted on an entirely different post, and that's not fine

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au -4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Your opinion doesn’t matter to me. My client lets me see the votes and copy a Lemvotes url. I hit reply to the top thing in their comments list because they didn’t comment in the other post. You can try to make this a bigger thing than it is, but you aren’t making me feel bad for calling out a person who simps for the rich. That’s not a thing I will ever feel bad for. The more you try, the more I laugh at you.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It seems like you're the one who doesn't really get how this works. You left a comment in a community based on linux, under a post regarding Volkswagen not playing nicely with GrapheneOS. You are so bad at using this platform that you thought that what you did was equivalent to sending a DM, which is something you could have done.

I'm not saying you're terminally socially inept because you don't like people who don't like taxing the rich, I'm saying you're terminally socially inept because you have no idea how social media works, and you don't even realize that you violated the maxim of relevance.

And like I said earlier, you didn't even consider the variety of reasons why that downvote might have been left. Maybe that user does like taxing the rich, and has disagreements with that particular avenue. Maybe that user does like taxing the rich, and the downvote was an accident. Maybe that user is against taxing the rich, and you still harassed them about it in a completely different post. And you're so bad at using this platform that you don't even realize that that's what you did lmfao

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wow not gonna read all that but dayumn you’re passionate about this.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Damn dude 3 paragraphs is too much? You should be embarrassed about that lmfao

I guess tl;dr the fact that you don't even realize that you're leaving comments on posts demonstrates an incredible lack of understanding of this platform, and you should feel almost as embarrassed about that as you should about the fact that you can't read

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nothing you say can make me feel bad.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah you would have to be able to read in order for words to make you feel bad. Keep harassing people about their votes though, hopefully you get banned soon enough

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You simp for billionaires. Haha.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'd ask when I did that, but I know I'm talking to a particularly illiterate brick wall. My only wish is that Lemmy would notify you when I block you

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au -3 points 1 week ago

🤡

[–] Bad_Ideas_In_Bulk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Stalker.

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au -3 points 1 week ago

Alt

[–] PabloSexcrowbar@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Damn. I haven't felt this much pity for someone in a long time. I hope your life improves.

[–] Catalyst_A@quokk.au 7 points 1 week ago