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by smitty1e 894 days ago
The Famous Article (TFA) is an exemplar of dispassionate substantive, liberal criticism.

The shortcomings of systemd seem likely the overall shortcomings of open source: none of the $PROJECT maintainers experience $PAIN_POINT, so it is simply not a priority for $PROJECT.

Somehow this seems a variation on the tragedy of the commons => https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

Without some capitalist skin in the game, the $PAIN_POINTS become difficult to prioritize.