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   Alexandre Oliva (lxo@gnusocial.net)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jun-2024 07:40:25 JST Alexandre Oliva

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   • Julius Schwartzenberg
   thanks for opposing software enshittification
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     Julius Schwartzenberg (jschwart@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Jun-2024 07:40:26 JST Julius Schwartzenberg

     @kate @ariadne generally yes, if you take a known blob that's already out there for years and known to fix particular issues, then I see no issues.

     But some systems make it a habit of blindly fetching and applying each microcode blob that's made available. Such a habit where new blobs are regularly introduced into a system without going through any kind of scrutiny first is not something that should happen for granted I think.
     I would feel more comfortable with some control over that.