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> How can I prove or disprove something if you don't give me a starting point? An interesting perspective.

Exactly.

If the bug shows up on MacOS it's a MacOS bug and not a bug "that could potentially happen anywhere"

> but we should be fair when discussing things and our judgements

The fair discussion here is that it seems (it's not a certainty) that trying to restart apps as soon as possible to make the OS appear snappier is causing the aforementioned race condition for mullvad VPN and apparently other data leaks (someone mentions audio being played from previous browsing sessions)

I am on the side of the fence that prioritizes correctness over perceived but faulty snappiness




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