[bregma]

> You'll see a whole bandwagon of people saying things like, "supporting old hardware is BAD! It takes time and money that nobody has!", as though someone needs to be hired to sit around and do nothing but pore over code and constantly rewrite code for old hardware.

It has been my experience, over the last 6 decades or so, that it almost always boils down to "doing anything except what I want is a waste of time and resources".

When it comes to free software, you do what you do and learn to ignore the "but what about ME!" demands from those who contribute nothing else. Or you move on and put your energy into something else.