A lot of people, I think, would appreciate knowing if there’s indication that their software might be doing something sketchy to them. You might feel that my appropriate response about it should be to shut up, shut up, shut up!, but I don’t think I will. When it comes to issues of trust and security in software, it’s usually not that good an idea to just silently fix it and not talk about it so nobody’s feelings will be hurt and no one will feel bullied.

I’ve posted the patch and recommended that someone post a PR about it. I do think it would be good if it gets fixed. If the Lemmy devs claim that me being a twat is a good excuse for just leaving it as is, then like I said, that’s a super interesting turn of events.