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[–] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Me: It doesn't require anything of users

You: Yes it does require something of developers

??

You are correct, but how does that disagree with my comment?

[–] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 54 minutes ago

Sorry, I see that I was unclear.

Yes it fucking does require sending the data somewhere, specifically to every "application store", which by their definition includes such things as Github, PyPI, Crates.io, Debian mirrors, apt/rpm repos, and personal websites that have hobby projects from more than one person.