It's rather: ... a competing formatter that may not be used on open-source projects.

The composition of both paints is a trade secret ("closed-source formatters"). The controversy is about disallowing the use on a broad class of projects benefitting the society.

Or rather a competing formatter that may only be used in one single individual's projects.

So… an average person has slightly less than a single ovary AND slightly less than a single testicle.

How would your method work on that?

My point being: statistics has developed arcane methods to describe a population. One should not blindly force the most common measure on every case.

Any man you sample most likely has more than the average number of testicles, but fewer than the average number of ovaries. No problem when dealing with individuals.

Does this make the practice any better?

No. But I didn't think it was that bad in the first place. They offer a product for a price. As a customer, I'm free to take it or leave it based on merits. I'm not familiar with this model, but at least one thing must be true.

1. A competitor offers an alternative product at a better price. 2. Sennheiser produces these more efficiently than anyone. 3. All alternatives have similar margins. 4. No other manufacturer has a similar product.

Whatever the case may be, it will inform the rational comparison shopping process. This is a discretionary item. There's probably some economics name for this, but it's not insulin. Sennheiser isn't coercing anyone.

Why don’t you give 1$ to everyone, they would be happy. Not doing it is not that nice.

Same logic after reading and accepting the comments above.

No disrespect to Mr. Cook and his formidable achievements, but A LOT of the „value“ increase comes from the monetary policies in the zero interest rate economy.

> A LOT of the „value“ increase comes from the monetary policies in the zero interest rate economy

We’re at higher rates than when Cook took over.

been at higher rates for like what a year, year and a half? We had low rates the whole time he was in charge before that.

Let’s not equal widespread abuse to no abuse at all.

I'd suspect the use of SPI would probably go beyond the capability of an average IT hardware support person, much less -- an end-user.

> If you are wealthy and refuse to earn an income, then your savings will eventually deplete and you’ll become bankrupt.

Please look up "rent", "dividend" and "capital gains".

All three things are taxed, so it doesn't factor into this discussion of tax avoidance.

That's not the point the parent was making.

Rent, dividend and capital gains are all income. I’m not sure what your point is.

On top of all other advice here: choose your learning material wisely. Ask the existing communities to point you to the best resources for your objective and skill level, then use those resources for a fast-track dive into the topic rather than wasting your time on less helpful material.

… but the receiver needs to provide evidence of consent

How about re-implementing it for the editable Web? (Wiki-like, but with additional controls and some web-based editor?)