Re:Why Is It So Hard to Detect Keyup Events on Linux?
by csande17 on Sunday January 27, 2019 @02:30PM
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> Sure, you can fix it, you just might have to [...] say goodbye to running all the programs currently out there.
One problem with doing this is that the only reason anyone uses Linux is to run programs that are currently out there. If Linux started to make breaking changes like this, people would switch to some other operating system that didn't break their software.
Sure, lots of people use macOS, and macOS breaks a bunch of APIs every year. But macOS users also buy expensive recurring subscriptions for every app they use, so Mac software companies can afford to employ developers to clean up after Apple every year. Linux doesn't have that; a lot of Linux software is either unmaintained or maintained by volunteer developers in their spare time.
One problem with doing this is that the only reason anyone uses Linux is to run programs that are currently out there. If Linux started to make breaking changes like this, people would switch to some other operating system that didn't break their software.
Sure, lots of people use macOS, and macOS breaks a bunch of APIs every year. But macOS users also buy expensive recurring subscriptions for every app they use, so Mac software companies can afford to employ developers to clean up after Apple every year. Linux doesn't have that; a lot of Linux software is either unmaintained or maintained by volunteer developers in their spare time.