Re:Atom editor still phones home prior to consent dialog
by Multicomp on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @08:18PM
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I agree wholeheartedly.
Somewhere out there (prog21 ?) is an article stating that the one in desperate need of electricity (the computing device) is subject to the one in a position to provide it (the user), and I agree with that sentiment.
I'd even like an IETF-standard-like T-shirt that says 'The user's will MUST be obeyed as faithfully as possible unless prevented by unrecoverable circumstances' or something like that.
Click-through EULAs and dialog boxes are another symptom of the 'elite-developer-itis' our industry can sometimes exude.
Somewhere out there (prog21 ?) is an article stating that the one in desperate need of electricity (the computing device) is subject to the one in a position to provide it (the user), and I agree with that sentiment.
I'd even like an IETF-standard-like T-shirt that says 'The user's will MUST be obeyed as faithfully as possible unless prevented by unrecoverable circumstances' or something like that.
Click-through EULAs and dialog boxes are another symptom of the 'elite-developer-itis' our industry can sometimes exude.