A lot of projects these days are like "for a few years now, we have been supporting the fringe tool B as an alternative to the well-established and commonly used tool A, and since not many people ever complained about B, it must be perfect, and we're now removing support for A!"
It's like people can't realize that if someone's got A working and used it all this time, they're not going to proactively look for alternatives and test them. I mean, most of us never even noticed that something like B exists, because A always worked just fine (and still works)! And even if we knew it exists, why would we spend our time on it, when A just works? And if we didn't even start testing it, why would you expect us to report bugs in it?
It really feels like your average brainfried consumerism. "Oh, look, a shiny new tool, we must start using it immediately!"
Yes, I'm talking about #SigStore again. Expect a major rant, when I finally manage time to do proper research.
#FreeSoftware #OpenSource
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