charonn0

Yes, my super secret manipulation campaign which involves (checks notes) expressing my disapproval.

Yeah. That's what I mean by melodramatic. The situation is not actually that serious. If this situation is the worst thing to happen to you this week then I'd say you had a good week.

People are outraged by what it is doing and how it is doing it, not by whether it fits the strict definition of malware.

Which is kind of what I'm getting at. "Outraged"? Really? Isn't that at least a bit melodramatic considering the stakes and circumstances?

Best I can do is an upvote.

I wasn't trying to misquote you, but you did imply that entertainment is your primary motivation.

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upset? heavens no, this is terrific free entertainment, this is hilarious to watch.

To me, this sounds like someone who is pouring gas on a fire just to watch it burn.

If it is malware then harshness is justified, but I'd be willing to debate over the strict definition of malware and whether it technically applies here.

But I don't think most of the harshness we've seen is actually borne of that kind of outrage. Even the OP of this meme says they are not upset and are having a wonderful time.

Did we really, though? Even the OP says they don't actually care about the blocklist and are just piling on for the lulz.

I just think the reaction from fediverse users has been too harsh when you consider that Tesseract was free and open source software.

I have no authority over you. So it's not really a question of me "allowing" you anything.

Oh. That's kind of weird.

I'm not defending the existence of the blocklist... but if you're really that upset about it then I would suggest asking for a refund.