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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Thing like this are why there's a million settings in KDE; every dev is prepared for the inevitable "but I hate it, make it go away" complaint. Granted, this complainer was pretty respectful and threw in a donation to soften the blow. Most people just act entitled, like the dev personally affronted them with their update.

[–] Aristotelis@lemmy.ml 0 points 19 hours ago

He said he will donate more if it gets removed. I find this very unethical.

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