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[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 172 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"Not every 'WTF micro$oft' moment is a slam dunk," he tweeted. "I've emailed VeraCrypt personally and we'll get him unblocked. I've already talked to Jason at WireGuard. Not everything is a conspiracy, sometimes it's literally paperwork."

Funny how paperwork never really seems to be a problem for any other OS.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 62 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's not a conspiracy, just plain old incompetence.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 32 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (3 children)

The older I've gotten (or the further into late stage capitalism), the less I'm inclined to accept "Never attribute to malice, that which can be adequately explained by incompetence" (- Napoleon, perhaps) and the more I subscribe to "Why not both?".

[–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 14 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 15 points 18 hours ago

"It's probably malice."

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[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago

There's definitely plenty of evidence for both at MS.

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 3 points 17 hours ago

No, it’s incompetence to have the hubris to do this on purpose.

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

Few journals criticize Apple (and Apple doesn't reveal these things that often) and the rest have no mandatory certification.