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    17 hours ago

    I think originally it was the other way and many distros use a compiler flag to stop it being opt out.

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        16 hours ago

        So they raised a PR with the intention to do this?

        Are you saying the only reason they backtracked is because users weren’t happy?

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          13 hours ago

          the only reason they backtracked is because users weren’t happy?

          How do you think open-source development works?

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            10 hours ago

            Through pushing through user antagonistic changes completely at odds with users wants and hoping people are pliable enough to forget all about trying to be screwed so you can bide time until the next at attempt to screw users?

            Well, that’s the vibe I’m getting from you. I naively assumed open source was based on trust, shared effort and contributions to benefit users so they can install software on their machine that they know is reliable/trustworthy and privacy focussed because anyone can scrutinise it. Silly me.