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[–] KIM_JONG_JUICEBOX@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why is RedHat even bothering to do this shit in the first place though?

[–] Prymu@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As with everything if you don't know why it is probably money

[–] DrWeevilJammer@lm.rdbt.no 3 points 1 year ago

I.E. Daddy IBM wants more

[–] ndr@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They think having downstream distros that repackage their software without adding anything is useless, and they want more customers. I get it, but meh.

Also, it doesn’t help that they communicated it poorly making it sound worse than it actually is.