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Re:No_color by heavyset_go on Saturday February 26, 2022 @09:47PM (#30484860)
That's a standard that apps need to adhere to. It doesn't stop apps from polluting $HOME[1].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30379890

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Re:No_color by account42 on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @08:54AM (#30527309)
All standards are by definition something that needs to be adhered to and don't magically stop anything. If you want to force uncooperative programs to behave there are different tools for that.
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