Right, my semi-closed system must be worse than your semi-closed system... FFS, any dev can upload their app to both, if they want both sets of users.

Do you get one whole tent if you put a thousand millitents together?

The major distro I'm using, which is included in "all of them", has absolutely no requirement for me to use systemd, nor is it the default init system. So, why is it that you think "all of them" are switching? Sounds like more blind promotion of change for the sake of change.

The problem with systemd and its supporters like you is that you think change and progress are the same thing. This change is regress.

Defense is not criminal. They have every right to not let parasites leech off of their work.

Defense is not malicious. They have every right to not let parasites leech off of their work.

Defense is not malicious. They have every right to not let parasites leech off of their work.

And there's absolutely nothing wrong with it being intentional, unless you're claiming that parasites deserve to leech FTDI's work.

HTTPS is only sufficient until ISPs install proxies and give all the technophobe morons who are proud to proclaim "I don't know about all them flashing lights and stuff!" a nice little "internet installer" CD that sets the proxy as a trusted root, or has the tech who comes out because the customer is too proud of their ignorance to connect a coax cable between two coax ports and an ethernet cable between two ethernet ports install it for them.

Some people don't give a shit about data usage, hence having automatic downloads on. Some people DO give a shit about having shit music forced into their library without their consent. I like all _my_ music, so my playlist is everything-on-random. It's MY playlist, not Apple's playlist, and they can keep their shit out of it.

Microsoft has had plenty of time to fix that, either via an utterly simple string replacement, or a minutely less-simple calculation (size / (1024^n / 1000^n) where n is the power of thousands in size). I wonder how much of a kickback Microsoft took from the lawyers in the frivolous lawsuits against Western Digital and others.

I still use my swbell.net address. Get off my lawn :)

Wrong. This is playing it anti-safe. You put that wheel and pedals back, and you allow idiots to take over control of the kinetic warhead.

Yeah, but who will be responsible for handing ICANN the annual briefcase-full-of-large-bills to pay for such a scheme?

As everyone knows, having the letters in an acronym actually match the first letter of the word they stand for is stupid, so you should invest a very large amount of money replacing every instance of "UI" with "UX".