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[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 187 points 2 days ago (2 children)

"Not every 'WTF micro$oft' moment is a slam dunk," he tweeted. "I've emailed VeraCrypt personally and we'll get him unblocked. I've already talked to Jason at WireGuard. Not everything is a conspiracy, sometimes it's literally paperwork."

Funny how paperwork never really seems to be a problem for any other OS.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 67 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's not a conspiracy, just plain old incompetence.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 40 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

The older I've gotten (or the further into late stage capitalism), the less I'm inclined to accept "Never attribute to malice, that which can be adequately explained by incompetence" (- Napoleon, perhaps) and the more I subscribe to "Why not both?".

[–] Lianodel@ttrpg.network 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

"It's probably malice."

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[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

There's definitely plenty of evidence for both at MS.

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

No, it’s incompetence to have the hubris to do this on purpose.

[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago

Few journals criticize Apple (and Apple doesn't reveal these things that often) and the rest have no mandatory certification.