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Re:Safari will no longer trust certs valid for more than 13 ... by threeseed on Sunday February 23, 2020 @05:19PM (#22399949)
There is a tangible benefit. For users.

64-bit only, Project Catalyst, BitCode, HTTPS only connections etc are examples of initiatives which definitely has caused pain to developers but has immensely benefited users as a whole. And if you don't passionately care about users then frankly find another platform to develop on.

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Re:Safari will no longer trust certs valid for more than 13 ... by ericd on Sunday February 23, 2020 @05:53PM (#22400118)
64-bit only certainly doesn't benefit me as a user on the balance. There's a lot of software that's useful that has zero need for yearly updates.
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Re:Safari will no longer trust certs valid for more than 13 ... by kevingadd on Sunday February 23, 2020 @05:50PM (#22400109)
How does it benefit the user for half their software to break, or for them to have to pay a vendor (rightfully) for a massive update/overhaul just so the software keeps working?

64-bit Only benefits Apple because they don't have to maintain the 32-bit stack anymore. Any perf-sensitive software that needed to be 64-bit transitioned a long time ago.

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Re:Safari will no longer trust certs valid for more than 13 ... by gsich on Sunday February 23, 2020 @05:43PM (#22400062)
>64-bit only

how has that benefitted the user? Directly and measureably, no "it's 0.3% faster now" excuses.

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Re:Safari will no longer trust certs valid for more than 13 ... by diebeforei485 on Sunday February 23, 2020 @07:15PM (#22400536)
Not having to load both 32-bit and 64-bit libraries into memory is an efficiency (and battery life) improvement on the system as a whole.
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Re:Safari will no longer trust certs valid for more than 13 ... by gsich on Monday February 24, 2020 @03:04AM (#22402426)
That would fall into the "it's 0.3% faster now" category.
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