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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (10 children)

Do they say anywhere how they’re funded? Couldn’t really find anything on the FUTO page…

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Uhhh so I copied the part from their website that tries to answer your question and now my clipboard seems to include an invisible link to some scummy sounding website. So either I have to nuke my smartphone (and another system I tested this on) or this just got a whole lot sketchier.

That organization is FUTO, founded in 2021 by 18-year Silicon Valley veteran, programmer/founder of Yahoo! Games, and WhatsApp seed investor Eron Wolf.

https://www.high-endrolex.com/26

Through a combination of in-house engineering projects, targeted investments, generous grants, and multi-media public education efforts, we will free technology from the control of the few and recreate the spirit of freedom, innovation, and self-reliance that underpinned the American tech industry only a few decades ago.

FUTO is not reliant on any existing tech company or venture capital firm for its funding. We are not expecting quick profits.

Source: https://futo.org/what-is-futo/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Holy shit, same thing here. That shady link is in fact on their page, it doesn't come from your phone.

Edit, here it is, line 22:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Probably because of accessibility I would say. Not good design but it is what it is

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