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Yeah, this is just people overreacting to a minor defect as if it's some kind of wide-reaching ethical choice
by JohnHaugeland 4y ago
Yeah, this is just people overreacting to a minor defect as if it's some kind of wide-reaching ethical choice
- kaoD 4y agoLook inside the commit's comment. It's hard to believe that the request is accidentally rejected if your referrer is not Microsoft's download page.
- bogantech 4y agoHotlink prevention is not a new practice
- bananadonkey 4y agoIndeed. I immediately assumed this was the root cause, but seeing the "fix" makes me wonder how ethical this change is.
- JohnHaugeland 4y ago"I would like to wonder about the ethics of Microsoft not giving me something for free that I've come to expect." Oh.