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Re:UBlockOrigin GPL code being stolen by team behind Honey b... by johnnyanmac on Friday January 03, 2025 @12:35AM (#42582830)
Forgot the name, but it's a variant of Hawthorne's laws for computers. If tech gets faster, programs will work to fill that newfound space and performance. even if it's just a simple web text page.

But no one complains and it lets them ship faster. So not much will change here.

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Re:UBlockOrigin GPL code being stolen by team behind Honey b... by notpushkin on Friday January 03, 2025 @02:22AM (#42583379)
> But no one complains and it lets them ship faster

I think we’re past even that point by now. Not only the code we ship now is slow, it’s also harder to build and maintain, and expensive to run. I have no idea how we got here to be honest.

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Re:UBlockOrigin GPL code being stolen by team behind Honey b... by anticensor on Saturday January 04, 2025 @03:50PM (#42597586)
It's called Wirth's law.
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