Probably not but these cowardly sociopaths are more mortified of exposure and embarrassment than anything else. Like cockroaches when the lights are tuned on.

Parasites.

Nice explanation, thanks!

It is a stupid and expensive solution to a problem that doesn’t exist. Like every other company, Apple have their fair share of flops.

GNU Cash may satisfy at least some of your requirements.

Not only do I use pi-hole, my so called smart TV never connects to the Internet in my household. Hell, I don’t buy any smart devices period.

but date tells me nothing about backward compatibility

The date IS the major/minor version. Knowing when the thing was released is bonus metadata. A lot of people find it useful.