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These are two distinct problems. Rather, one is an improvement and another is a problem. The terrible drivers can then be isolated, pinpointed if you want, and the OS can move forward - if you don't use the AMD GPU or the HP printer no need to have it bloating your kernel, so I take this as the improvement (I was always fond of microkernels, so I'm advocating here). On the second problem, I fail seeing how the blame for vendors failing to update their drivers could fall on the OS. With this approach the failing is just much more evident, not any less damaging.