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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 20:08:16 JST Aral Balkan

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   • Tristan Colgate-McFarlane

   @tmcfarlane @chris There are very real reasons why Wayland is necessary: security being one of them. Every X11 app is a potential keylogger by design. A system that has its origins in the days of dumb terminals has a fundamentally broken security model today. So this isn’t about Wayland being unnecessary, etc. Wayland is the way forward. This is about accessibility not being considered a show stopper but a “nice to have… if there’s time.” In other words, an ableist culture.

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     Tristan Colgate-McFarlane (tmcfarlane@toot.community)'s status on Thursday, 20-Jun-2024 20:08:17 JST Tristan Colgate-McFarlane

     @chris @aral I hadn't heard about Wayland breaking accessibility, that is unforgivable! As someone that didn't think moving a window with a mouse was actually the most important thing in the world, I remain perpetually bemused by the cost/benefits trade off of Wayland. A collosal waste of effort, with trivial gains and epic losses.