we can do better with something in unicode.

Uh… It is Unicode.

U+2042 ⁂ ASTERISM

Is Elon gonna sue the World Bank now?

I’d say social media platforms are an entire different beast.

Facebook is not the same as Facebook Messenger for instance.

Legitimate countries don’t need to ban communications platforms.

The minimum requirements are there for them to set a lower limit on what they’re willing to support. You do whatever you want, just don’t complain when something doesn’t work, or breaks because you’re bypassing those limits.

People do this all the time and then complain and blame Microsoft for issues when they are using an configuration they were told was unsupported and might have issues.

I think the difference is the intent of who will use the program.

Is the intended user the developer themselves and that’s about it but they’re making it available for others? Then just having the code is fine. It should still be properly documented however. Devs forgot their own shit code all the time, the documentation is there for them as well when they forget or come back to a project years later.

However if the program is intended for use by people outside the developers, then a regularly updated compiled binary should be expected. They are likely already going to be compiling it for themselves, making that process produce an updated binary release in GitHub isn’t too much to ask for something intended for others to use that the dev is already likely making anyway.

They can see the wind turning. Instead of fighting the current, they’ll just try and steer the ship where they want it now.