Another XLibre and/or Wayland subthread (was: Re: Not Much LINUX Stuff of Late)

On 2026-07-27, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> On Sun, 26 Jul 2026 20:31:31 -0700, Epherma wrote:
>
>> See also the suppression of Xlibre by huge corporate interests.
>
> I wonder how that works; does anybody come round to your house and
> tell you not to install XLibre? Do cryptic messages pop up on your TV
> or radio every time you think about installing XLibre? Do you find
> your downloads of XLibre mysteriously dropping out? Do you find,
> instead of an XLibre package on your machine, just a text file saying
> “don’t try this again -- or else”?

I think you're confusing manipulation by corporate interests with
dystopian science fiction.

You may have had a point there, but it seems to me you completely ruined
any chance of a serious argument with these exaggerated examples?

-- 
Nuno Silva