That’s a largely unrelated topic… You can have theming without SSDs (as seen in most standalone compositors and also kind of Cosmic) and you can have SSDs without theming (at least in theory, I’m not aware of a project actually taking this stance).
App Icons are the identity of an app. Changing an app’s icon denies the developer the possibility to control their brand.
Here’s an novel solution to that: fuck off! A lot of us use Linux because we’re sick of corporations and rightsholders trying to control how we use our devices while treating us as marketing tools by shoving their “vision” in our face.
I agree with them when they say distros shouldn’t be theming their apps by default. When the packager breaks a package, it misleadingly gives users the impression that the software is at fault. Unless the distro itself is willing to field all the user complaints and bug reports, it just ends up causing problems for the maintainers.
Where I will never agree with them is in the demand that the developer has exclusive control over the application icon. It’s inconsequential to the software’s functionality, and if anyone thinks their brand should have more rights to a computer than the person who owns it, they can rightfully fuck off with the likes of Apple and Microsoft.
“Don’t theme my app” is all about distro defaults. No one is arguing against user modifications as long as the users don’t expect any official support for their custom stuff
Check https://stopthemingmy.app/. They will give you the fors.
Sorry I did not understood what SSD meant.
That’s a largely unrelated topic… You can have theming without SSDs (as seen in most standalone compositors and also kind of Cosmic) and you can have SSDs without theming (at least in theory, I’m not aware of a project actually taking this stance).
That’s just about themes, they don’t mention SSD vs CSD at all.
The main arguments for seem to be “It’s not a core spec” and “CSD is better”
Here’s an novel solution to that: fuck off! A lot of us use Linux because we’re sick of corporations and rightsholders trying to control how we use our devices while treating us as marketing tools by shoving their “vision” in our face.
Grrr a bunch of people who make and maintain the free software I use won’t officially support me doing whatever I want, what’s wrong with them!!
I agree with them when they say distros shouldn’t be theming their apps by default. When the packager breaks a package, it misleadingly gives users the impression that the software is at fault. Unless the distro itself is willing to field all the user complaints and bug reports, it just ends up causing problems for the maintainers.
Where I will never agree with them is in the demand that the developer has exclusive control over the application icon. It’s inconsequential to the software’s functionality, and if anyone thinks their brand should have more rights to a computer than the person who owns it, they can rightfully fuck off with the likes of Apple and Microsoft.
“Don’t theme my app” is all about distro defaults. No one is arguing against user modifications as long as the users don’t expect any official support for their custom stuff