Amazon and BlackBerry both tried the whole “you can upload your same APK to our AppStore approach”.

And well, when’s the last time you used the Amazon android AppStore?

BlackBerry has been out of the phone business for years now.

They basically sold the brand to TCL iirc

The Linux kernel cannot be relicensed. Linus does not hold copyright to most code.

/usr/bin vs /bin distinction is not relevant as all major distros have gone usrmerge for years now so /bin == /usr/bin (usually /bin is a symlink)

For what it’s worth, the recommended way of getting credentials for AWS would be either:

1. Piggyback of your existing auth infra (eg: ActiveDirectory or whatever you already have going on for user auth) 2. Failing that use identity center to create user auth in AWS itself

Either way means that your machine gets temporary credentials only

Alternatively, we could write an AWS CLI helper to store the stuff into the keychain (maybe someone has)

Not to take away from your more general point

We need flatpak for CLI tools

Snap works with CLI tools. But underneath that, isn't it AppArmor and namespaces? (I don't really know. I'm getting the impression flatpak-style process isolation is possible just not widely adopted)

> It shouldn't take a custom script cleaning up after every special snowflake that decided to use some arbitrarily-named directory in $HOME.

Not to take away from your point but I shall introduce you to systemd-tmpfiles

no scripts needed, it can clean up for you if you keep a list of directories/files to clean up

You could try flatpak Firefox, if that works for you then it takes care of that

Seems that it will be maintained by those using it (eg: companies and hobbyists alike)

U-boot will not die from this

Devices with internal batteries basically have embedded expiration dates.

Standard AAA or AA can be rechargeable so you don’t need to keep buying more. I’d suggest buying like a 100 pack or something, they’re not expensive.

The ideal would be rechargeable AA battery support with a built-in USB-C that would natively support charging said AA battery.

AA batteries have lots of different chemistries and they require different chargers or can't be charged at all.

At this point so many battery packs use the 2 double-a batteries side-by-side, I wish they just sold those as a usb-c rechargeable cartridge, that would make a lot of sense

You can also get a USB charger for them which is very convenient.