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by Dayshine 2185 days ago
Then those users mess up dependencies, or simply forget to update the package for a few years.

Then open source maintainers get spammed with angry users because of a poor user experience they can't control.

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That is general problem with Open Source - people expect product and authors provide tools.

Free as "paid by data collection and advertisement" really messed peoples mind. Walking around, thinking "I am a product, my data is valuable". Not for me. The whole story is unfortunate. But there is also Pulse Audio and systemd with toxic responses on real problems, hard not to become angry.