Setuid has been replaced by capabilities, but nix faces the same struggles it has for setuid (only supports it through a wrapper, and that was after a "wontfix"

Setuid has been replaced by capabilities, but nix faces the same struggles it has for setuid (only supports it through a wrapper, and that was after a "wontfix" according to the bug tracker). More than that though, the mentality that you can just patch away critical features (like setuid) without telling the user is imo unhealthy for an OS.