so every time I install something which is bundled with (say) java, I'll get java every time? How many copies of java with inconsistent and possibly incompatible behaviour does a person need?
example, say I have an app which comes bundled with "helper-program" version 1.0, which keeps its config files in ~/.helperprogram/config
and then I have another app which comes bundled with "helper-program" version 1.1 which keeps its config files in ~/.helperprogram/config
wtf??? am I missing something here?

SOPA in greek translates to "Shut up!"
PIPA translates to (smoking) pipe, but it's also the word for "blowjob"
apt, isn't it?

How very educational.

I see your point and I agrree with the philosophy behind it. But in my post, "why" was a short way express "make a conjecture as to why based on that evidence alone"

it also deprives you of the ability to keep to yourself whether you "just don't use facebook that often" or you just don't wanna add another useless contact.

Details about who doens't want to friend you and why should remain private. Then again that's true for most of the stuff posted on facebook but that's another story.

Why doesn't anyone ask about Zaphod Beeblebrox? He's from there, too, he's president of the fucking galaxy, and
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the most important person in the universe of the total perspective vortex
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did I get asked for this? noooooo.
all extensions not explicitely allowed by the user should be disabled.

private
public
is there any kind of difference between these two words? maybe private stuff should stay private and public stuff should be public? imjustsaying

It's not a hack, it's a feature

And how do you feel about calling the process of filtering out unsolicited pieces of information from a server you didn't even choose to visit "freeloading?"
Maybe smug is the word you're looking for. Oh, wait...

High. Not legal everywhere, but healthier than vallium.