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I've considered that, but I have some concerns about the idea. I'm worried about personally getting overwhelmed by emails and messages on social media. The mor
by lapcat 3y ago
I've considered that, but I have some concerns about the idea.
I'm worried about personally getting overwhelmed by emails and messages on social media. The more successful the boycott, the more I become swamped. :-)
Also, I think many developers have a fear of reprisal, whether that's empirically justified or not. My understanding is that there's now actually some degree of anonymity in Feedback Assistant, after changes were made in recent years for GDPR compliance? In any case, putting your name in public is a bigger step than simply boycotting, and I'm aiming for maximum participation. I've put my own name on this, and some cranks have even speculated that I might get kicked out of the developer program for it, which I doubt, because it would make me a martyr and kill my popular software — not to mention that dropping several 0days on Apple didn't get me kicked out — but I suppose that's always a possibility.
In general, I don't think that petitions are particularly useful. I'm more in favor of action (though in this specific case, the boycott is technically inaction).
- saagarjha 3y agoIf this gets you kicked out of the developer program, I think everyone would be quite upset, yes.