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A more classic example of linux users pushing others away, I could not have come up with.

"I have so-and-so issue"

"Fork the OS and fix it yourself!"

Yeah, no. I already spend 8 hours a day programming, I'd like my free time to be spent elsewhere, thanks.

If minor issues like this bother you while major issues like data collection and ad pushing dont

As I pointed out, I'm using it because MS is screwing the pooch with those issues.

you dont want to participate in making linux better by submitting bug reports

These are known issues, and have been around for more than a decade. They're not bugs, they're missing basic features. But sure, go ahead and assume stuff.

Its very much like owning a house or a ranch. You‘re free of others and can do whatever you like. But you do have to do your own maintenance.

If you want to go back paying rent for a shoebox apartment, thats your choice.

It's probably closer to renting a apartment vs owning a shack (or it was, before said screwing of said pooch). You can upgrade it into a mansion if you want, but that's not where you start.

Honestly, I am so tempted to ditch Linux because of minor issues like this. No autoscroll on scroll wheel, no option for mono audio, etc etc. I do not want to set up a million scripts to customise my experience, I want the options to be there by default. If MS wasn't screwing the pooch I probably would have moved back at some point.

I don’t really understand the argument of “people will use what ships.”

Because that's just how things are. Why do you think Google pays billions yearly to be the default search engine wherever they can?

Most of the points listed here don't matter a hoot to the average user.

It's amazing what you can convince the public of when the media is on your side

But why? The article just states it happened without any context

If I understand it correctly, the 13 are not in good standing solely because they participated in the protests. So they are very much being penalised for their participation and nothing else.

Source? That was not my understanding of the OGL. It guaranteed a perpetual license to users, and there is no legal precedence for such a revocation. That didn't stop them from trying to bully everybody into submission. What reason is there to think any other license would make a difference? It's not about the chances of them winning, it's about the legal trouble and bills they can cause. I'm not sure why anybody would trust hasbro / wotc after that fuckup, regardless of their promises.

There's no revoking the OGL either. That didn't stop them from trying.

Until the next time they try to revoke the license, you mean?

Some servers are much worse at it than others. I'm a Chinese who got banned from .ml because I was 'racist' for making Xinnie jabs.