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by ChiefOBrien 1957 days ago
It's not just wayland. For every single thing you can do on linux there exists several hundred different implementations/projects with the same goal of do that thing, and it has led to bad cohesion between system components. Even Microsoft couldn't figure out how to drop Win32 and introduce other safer environments without alienating everyone. How can we expect Linux to survive and become better if we treat everything in it with such a garbage attitude.
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I mean things have kept on up until this point I see no point in worrying about it falling apart tomorrow for as long as some people are still hacking at things things'll keep getting hacked at. If it ever does stop chugging along at some point it's unfortunate but not something you were owed by some developer yet didn't get. On the other hand if new things keep coming out you can use for free that's great.

Maybe something will drop off but you'll want to come in and support it while you find it worthwhile, that's all anyone else is doing too.