Re:Firefox removing terminology from browser that has been i...
by olliej on Thursday June 02, 2022 @01:39PM
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HN commentary exactly matched what I expected.
Master means master, that’s the point - that for you there is no lord/serf, owner/owned, etc is irrelevant.
For a fairly large, non-zero portion of the world there is a strong negative connotation, and there is literally zero cost to using terminology that lacks any negative connotation.
The only reason to be resoundingly opposed to this is the standard reactionary anti-wokeness people have come to expect from people who see acknowledgement that others have been subject to such as being an attack on their identity.
Master means master, that’s the point - that for you there is no lord/serf, owner/owned, etc is irrelevant.
For a fairly large, non-zero portion of the world there is a strong negative connotation, and there is literally zero cost to using terminology that lacks any negative connotation.
The only reason to be resoundingly opposed to this is the standard reactionary anti-wokeness people have come to expect from people who see acknowledgement that others have been subject to such as being an attack on their identity.