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I'm sure that contributes but there's another side to the issue that drives it. Getting devs and especially commercial vendors to pay attention to the issue. It

I'm sure that contributes but there's another side to the issue that drives it. Getting devs and especially commercial vendors to pay attention to the issue. It's become all to common place for vendors to abuse their bug reporting systems to minimize the impact of problems they can't or don't want to deal with like closing multiple reports as duplicates while ignoring the primary one. How often have people had to come on HN and post their issue here to pressure a vendor to address it? Unfortunately the social commentary dogpile has been one of the few effective methods lately.

bawolff 3y ago
Vendors don't owe it to you to fix your bugs unless you have some sort of support agreement that says otherwise. Its not abusive to close duplicate reports of a bug that is not currently prioritized. It would be impossible to prioritize every single bug.
- weare138 3y ago
  That's like saying Ford doesn't owe it to you to fix a defective vehicle because they don't feel it's a priority.
  - bawolff 3y ago
    If its not safety critical and you don't have a warranty then they don't