I miss when tech was mostly the former. Or many just the world when these niches could exist without political activists for the omnicause.
Agreed. There are a lot of things that don't have anything to do with software freedom in this explanation of why they're leaving X. I think they've lost the plot.
You learned how to identify them better, and the community is hiding their identity less.
Nothing happened, except maybe you forgot what it means to be a hacker.
Spoiler: it's the same people
I was around both communities before the transition happened and you're really only about 20% right.