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It's running a "svbtle-inspired" theme:

https://github.com/gravityonmars/wp-svbtle

Also seems to have inspired the name.

I think you missed the subtext. The article wasn't projecting hate, it was describing how previous hateful reactions have spawned incomplete replacements, and have made the problem worse (edit: or at least more complicated).

This article is an explanation of the mechanics of that process: why packaging isn't great. It's a software engineering lesson about use cases and partial supersets of features. I really enjoyed reading it.

Agreed. And splitting hairs here, but he's a Forbes contributor, not a writer there. Forbes is using its magazine's name to make its federated/outsourced blog system sound more credible. forbes.com has a lot of blogspam.

> Kids that have grown up with an XBox of PS3 aren't going to want to fiddle with drivers or find out how to patch their game using the "Downloader App" or endlessly wrestle with DRM.

Have you used Steam? It patches games automatically and you don't have to fiddle with DRM. My Steam client keeps dozens of games perfectly current without asking me. This is part of why everyone loves it: specifically because it makes it as close to painless as you're going to get.

Also, I'm guessing that a good number of current PC devs/gamers grew up playing a Nintendo console, and they still migrated over, somehow.

Furthermore, there are usually eminent domain laws which can be used to by local governments to pressure landowners into using that prime real estate.