Who should be software packaging is a tough problem, I can see the value in #linux distros pushing for better changes downstream, encouraging upstream to change (double click in #KDE) but then I see cases like KeepassXC where the Debian package is now by default broken, actively damaging the reputation of upstream but then I remember #XZ where upstream was left unchecked and hid bad code in plain sight and I go back around in a circle.
@BrodieOnLinux I strongly believe in distro packaged software.
But we have to move the culture so that users report their bugs to the software distributor, and not directly to the upstream github. Upstream "issues" should be reserved for the developers and their inner circle of people who test the latest versions, and maybe the distributors themselves.
Users of the distributors (i.e. #Linux distros) should encourage users reporting bugs to them, and they report up when needed.
I can't believe a paid OS needs a tool like this. Here's a GUI tool called OFGB (Oh Frick Go Back) to remove all the ads in Windows 11. It's understandable if a free OS or app needs ad support, but this is just crazy https://github.com/xM4ddy/OFGB