Great question! I’m in the same boat, want to leave the tech sector entirety, after 25+ years of software development. I’m not happy about the direction tech is going for a while now. All the enshittification and forced AI bullshit makes me want to leave.

However as I defined myself as a tech enthusiast all my life I find it hard to reinvent myself. What other skills do I have? I can make some really good coffee. But apart from that? Idk

Petitions like these are made to raise awareness of the issue. That’s a win even if only a tiny fraction of their userbase are involved.

Only if you still use the obsolete Gregorian calendar. Linux support for this was dropped as well

They sort of do. “Alligator Alcatraz” comes to mind