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by AnIdiotOnTheNet 1220 days ago
> This isn't a standard, it's a convention at best.

So is, like, basically all of userland in a UNIX system. Maybe we need to start looking at that as a problem instead of an excuse.

It is within your power as a developer to delete the user's home directory if you want to as well, that doesn't mean you should do it!