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by Endy 2804 days ago
I disagree. I should be allowed to take on the burden of my own security. I don't want an outside force trying to pretend they know my needs better than me. You can produce a product, and I, the user, should have 100% decision on how and for what purpose I will use that product.
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Sorry, but this mentality is the same one that would argue that any vehicle should be road-legal, even if it hasn't passed a smog inspection, doesn't have working brake lights, and its turn signals are green and purple.

If you want to use shared infrastructure, you have to abide by a minimum set of requirements that ensures the safety of everyone else around you, end of story.

Then make sure there's a way to preserve all settings and function from older versions. Tell me if I'm using something "unsafe", let me get it out of the way once and then leave me alone. Don't cut out functionality, don't change the UI, don't break what wasn't broken.