I'd say it started out as a troll, Poe's law took hold, and now it's used as yet another dividing tactic so Republicans can swindle half the country into ignoring the abuse by the ruling class.
Kinda weird how these people got to live like royalty when they were with Epstein, didn't make it public what was happening to them or other underage girls, and now that they're adults they get even more money.
For years, they fought back against giving users the option to change where their dock is, forcing them to be stuck with an asinine vertical dock because "vertical space is at a premium."
They do this because they're lazy and incompetent. They simply do not want more work for themselves and will browbeat any of their users into doing things the "stupid gnome3 way."
Their designers are some of the dumbest people in the industry. Since they have a yes-man/echo chamber culture, they don't ever get to learn from their mistakes because nobody holds them accountable for failure.
I'd say it started out as a troll, Poe's law took hold, and now it's used as yet another dividing tactic so Republicans can swindle half the country into ignoring the abuse by the ruling class.