Nice explanation, thanks!
It is a stupid and expensive solution to a problem that doesn’t exist. Like every other company, Apple have their fair share of flops.
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A good diet and making time for exercise are huge.
Not only do I use pi-hole, my so called smart TV never connects to the Internet in my household. Hell, I don’t buy any smart devices period.
but date tells me nothing about backward compatibility
The date IS the major/minor version. Knowing when the thing was released is bonus metadata. A lot of people find it useful.
Parasites.