> Their actual ask is for distros is to stop applying theming by default
Which is exactly what the person you are replying to is highlighting. See freedom 3 here[0].
> There's not a perfect solution, but distros can at least try and not make the problem worse for the sake of "brand identity"
This website is explicitly (!) about valuing the "brand identity" of applications over that of distributions. Both are equally unimportant. Write software. Distribute software. Change software. Distribute changed software. Do it all.
Which is exactly what the person you are replying to is highlighting. See freedom 3 here[0].
> There's not a perfect solution, but distros can at least try and not make the problem worse for the sake of "brand identity"
This website is explicitly (!) about valuing the "brand identity" of applications over that of distributions. Both are equally unimportant. Write software. Distribute software. Change software. Distribute changed software. Do it all.
[0] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html