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heavyset_go on Feb 27, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: No_color

That's a standard that apps need to adhere to. It doesn't stop apps from polluting $HOME[1].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30379890

account42 on March 2, 2022 [–]

All standards are by definition something that needs to be adhered to and don't magically stop anything. If you want to force uncooperative programs to behave there are different tools for that.

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