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Also the variations are often not just cosmetic things like colour. Sometimes they are entirely different products.

I echo this sentiment. Whilst I completely understand that developers are doing this in their own time and largely for no other reason than it being a labour of love, it would really help lower the barrier to entry.

Oftentimes when the tool is typically used as part of a useful stack, the other components have documentation that can also be difficult to decode. So it becomes an order of magnitude more difficult to understand.


Same here. Tends to be pretty inconsistent. DNS-over-HTTP(s) definitely disabled. 30s is a lot more than I've experienced, but there are times where it clearly struggles to look things up.


A switch requires a physical and tangible thing to be produced. A touchscreen button is done in software and costs nothing extra to produce. You already know this I'm sure.


>A touchscreen button is done in software and costs nothing extra to produce

Touchscreen had to be added, during the big move from buttons to touchscreen. It didn't just appear out of thin air.


Is it beyond to you seek out that information before commenting?


I didnt manage to find it on their page, so I guess it is centralized like dc


You're thinking about this as if the average Joe is interested in this. They're not. The tech folk salivating in this discussion are a rounding error when it comes to computing. The vast majority has no need for this.


On the rare occasions I watch TV, I'm incredulous at the adverts for technology that create these almost utopian looking lifestyles. I think to myself "who is taken in by this?". As it turns out, these are the people who are taken in by it.


It has worked for many of us. Every use-case is different.


This is an extremely common type of comment on articles like this. The commenter has to ensure everyone knows their credentials before offering any sort of praise to the creator. I also despise this type of self-serving comment.


Pretty sure they protect the will of the majority, whoever they may be. That's my take anyway.


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