@stux Watching as systemd throws in userdb and just whatever else the dev feels like on a whim and most distros just comply, locking any discussion down without changing anything I start to wonder, if a Mastodon dev on the main source started putting stuff like that in, presumably even the forks would pick it up. Would individual servers, as a whole, take steps to remove it? Oh a few would for sure, I mean as a whole.

I don't see any movement from any mainline distros, nor most of the bigger ones to actually move away from systemd despite how dangerous it's going to be in the future. Mostly I see little distros or even things popping up mostly for show.

FOSS is a bit exploitable in that people just don't want to change once something is set I guess?

@nazokiyoubinbou systemd provides a lot, this doesn't mean we have to use all features. It's certainly not the most elegant project, but still makes the life way easier. Why should people move on a whim in the first place? It has yet to be proven if systemd is heading towards enshittification.

I feel sorry for developers, they don't deserve death threats over lines of code people can actually verify.

@gjerma Oh yeah, the other side of that I forgot to mention: the defenders.

A bunch of people pop up weirdly defending it. It's way out of scope, doing a thing that can and will eventually lead to harm, but hey, it's convenient so everyone stop talking about why it shouldn't be doing that and why it isn't ok that the developer is just ignoring every single person who explains why it can be harmful and pushes it through overnight right now!

*Sniff* Poor developer who ignores all the users, system developers, etc to decide for them what he wants is best (with Claude cheering on from the side.)

No one has issued any death threats. I don't even see enough even looking at alternatives. What I see is a whole lot of compliance and people like you.