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In what sense does a startup message “hijack the voice of the user”? I don’t think anybody who uses a computer genuinely believes that the startup splash for a
by woodruffw 4y ago
In what sense does a startup message “hijack the voice of the user”? I don’t think anybody who uses a computer genuinely believes that the startup splash for a program expresses an opinion held by the end user; it’s not like Linux’s penguin splash communicates a private mental state about chubby penguins on my part.
- pclmulqdq 4y agoYour users are people who compile software with your package. That software could be run on their server (in which case your political message appears harmlessly in their logs), or it could be distributed to other parties. Those other parties would then read in their logs, "I distribute software that has an insecure supply chain and relies on people who are not mature enough to avoid grandstanding at every opportunity."