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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You’re saying that the complaint is wrong because the author doesn’t know the history

That's not at all what he said. He literally even said "He’s not wrong in principle."

If you don't understand the history of why something is the way it is you can't fix it. You can suggest your new "perfectly secured web site" but if Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Firefox, Apple, etc. don't agree on your new protocol then there's going to be exactly 1 person using it.

[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you don’t understand the history of why something is the way it is you can’t fix it.

See also: Chesterton’s Fence.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

I'd not heard of that before, thanks!