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by dns_snek 850 days ago
There's nothing wrong with the term, it succinctly conveys the limited functionality of this software.

Words aren't sentient and as such they cannot be ableist, only people can. It's perfectly clear that the author didn't intend to offend, demean, or discriminate against any disabled person with their choice of words, they were merely writing about their own software.