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Off topic but the careful choice of rationale here kinda reminds me of the choices the Rust language designers made; addressing actual issues that have caused inconvenience. I love it. Something about an honest desire and attempt to fix a demonstrated issue; not sure if I'm articulating it properly.

This would be the opposite of what is often referred to as "user hostility", but which I think is more aptly described as "user indifference": stuff like a programming language silently allowing you to crash while accessing null pointers, or every single music app UI showing stuff like

1. Tchaikovsky Symphonies and Concertos - London Symphony Orchestra - I. S ...

2. Tchaikovsky Symphonies and Concertos - London Symphony Orchestra - II. S ...

3. Tchaikovsky Symphonies and Concertos - London Symphony Orchestra - III. S ...

4. Tchaikovsky Symphonies and Concertos - London Symphony Orchestra - I. C ...



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