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They imagined the original developer: meticulous, perhaps proud, choosing a specific build because of a rendering bug fixed there, or because a particular library needed that build’s quirks. They imagined users then—grateful to have animation, interactive menus, or streaming video—willing to click “Allow” on a security prompt. Now, years later, that same message felt like an ultimatum: adapt, migrate, or be excluded.