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As someone who hasn’t really been following, what anti-user decisions are those?
Source code distribution change is the big one now, on top of getting rid of traditional centos: https://news.itsfoss.com/red-hat-restricts-source-code/
I don’t really see them as anti-user, in the sense that if you are a subscriber your position has never changed and they are happy to provide support in exchange for money. They do restrict your ability to redistribute (they threaten to cancel your subscription) which I am not a fan of.
Fedora is also looking at adding telemetry. They are calling it opt-in but also defaulting the checkbox to “on”, at least in discussions.
You know what's funny? Most of the time, when something asks me to opt in for telemetry, I strongly consider doing so, then look into what's collected and end up deciding I'm okay with it.
But when I have to opt out, or the default is selected to opt in, I just lose trust entirely.
And I'll jump through hoops to block anything I can't replace that doesn't even ask.
Like, I totally understand why some telemetry is necessary for continued development. I'm down with that. But the shadier it is, the less willing I am to allow it.