I learned this when both my old laptops would no longer boot after extended off power time (couple years). They were both stored in a working state and later both had SSDs that were totally dead.

They are just text files though. I'm sensitive to vendor lock-in and do not perceive a standard folder structure and bare text files to be that.

I guess I still struggle with what amounts to the opposite of "assume positive intent" which can make communicating significantly less productive. I do generally agree with the preference for plain and direct language.

I've recently (last several years) started framing my use/consideration of services and products as a dependency. I find myself arriving at "I'd rather go without than depend on xyz" quite often.

Thanks for taking the time to respond. How should someone discuss those topics without tripping a dog whistle alarm? That is my issue with that sort of discourse, it fences off things that have literal meanings and makes them verboten.