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This. I swear, some people in the FOSS community seem to be convinced everyone who uses a computer is a developer.
Right? And it seems like no one is interested in understanding my point, most only seem interested in defending developers of FOSS. I understand there is no legal obligation from FOSS devs... That is irrelevant.
I love FOSS. It's one of the best products of humanity. I am not attacking devs at all...
My point was only that while devs don't owe anyone anything legally, if the rare edge case happens where their code is destructive by accident, it would be a dick move to ignore complaints about it. I guess because it didn't spell it all out like this, I "deserved" all the downvotes (on since-deleted comments) and condescending remarks?
Yes I know that if I use Firefox I can't sue them if somehow they wipe my OS. Yes I know that would probably never happen, it's extremely unlikely to happen. But if it did, FF owes us at least a response. And I means owes in the sense that it's the right thing to do, not "if you don't do it I can sue you".