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 are always being made, with the advancements in AI, including the first open models and frameworks, such as Llama; new IDE's and improving features in existing
 ones, for example vim getting full/improved LSP features.
 
+
 \section{Closing thoughts}
-After reading this paper, one can hopefully see there is some benefit to the use of free software by development and privacy experts, as it clearly tends
-more to their needs, and is developed with them in mind, unlike alternative proprietary software software. It is clear that it is a growing space, with
-more people entering, including non technical users, only getting better for specific use cases and more generic ones.
+
+\subsection{A needed critisim}
+On a last note, it is important to look at the overall draw-backs accociated with FOSS projects, while they do develope at a faster speed
+and almost always put their users first, it should not be overlooked that FOSS projects are less stable in overall development, sometimes disapearing due to only
+having small development teams working on them. This is not to say to never use FOSS projects but a point to be considered.
+
+\subsection{My personal thought}
+After reading this paper, one can hopefully see there is some benefit to the use of free software by developers and privacy experts, as it clearly tends
+more to their needs, and is developed with them in mind, unlike alternative proprietary software. It is clear that it is a growing space, with
+more people entering, including non technical users, only getting better for specific use cases and more generic ones even given the draw-backs previously mentioned.
+
+For me FOSS has become the only way I enjoy computers, I have found the projects I like to use, made friends, and bettered my skills as a developer. It keeps me in control.
 
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-\section{Used language in this paper} Throughout this paper, language specific to the field of computer 
-science will be used, and as such it makes sense to provide a brief overview for those who don't know
-what specific terms mean.
-
-\begin{description}
-	\item[Licenses] In this setting a license is a legal document that is distributed with
-		almost all modern software, which describes how someone can use and redistribute a piece of software.
-	\item[Free Software] This term refers to software under specific licenses, making them
-		free for the user to use (free as in freedom, not the monetary cost). This will be covered further
-		in the next section.
-	\item[Open Source] This term refers to a piece of software, where the original code for it
-		is publicly available. This too will be covered further in the next section.
-	\item[FOSS] An acronym for \textit{"\textbf{F}ree and \textbf{O}pen \textbf{S}ource \textbf{S}oftware".}
-
-	\item[IDE] An \textit{\textbf{I}ntegrated \textbf{D}evelopment \textbf{E}nvironment}, is a tool used by developers
-	to write code, it can be thought of as a text editor-like Word or Docs, but instead of spell checking,
-	it instead has syntax checking.
-\end{description}
-
-\section{A brief introduction}
-This paper will cover the advancements of FOSS tools and systems over time, discuss the benefits, its recent growth, 
-and the reasons developers and privacy experts find it to be a better tool for the job. This paper will cover a variety 
-of ways of how FOSS software is used compared to its proprietary counterparts.
-
-
-\section{What is Free Software?} The Free Software movement is one that has been active for over 40 years
-\cite{GNUmaifesto}, it has created some of the most important tools in computing that are used by billions on a
-daily basis. It is so engraved in our lives, yet so few even know what the term means; In a simple note, it is
-software for a computer, phone or other device that can be used without violating the users freedom.
-
-The definition of what counts Free Software and what is software freedom can vary depending on who you ask, but
-it was originally written that software that allows the following freedoms is Free Software:
-
-\begin{description}
-	\item[0] The freedom to run a program for any purpose
-	\item[1] The freedom to study how a program works, and modify it to your needs
-	\item[2] The freedom to redistribute a piece of software
-	\item[3] The freedom to redistribute a edited version of software publicly
-\end{description}
-\textit{These freedoms were written by Richard Stallman\cite{FOSSdef} who is ever important in this space.}
-
-It is important that one does not confuse Free Software with software that is monetarily free, this is known as
-Free-ware. Free Software defends the users rights to use and modify software and is not focused on its cost.
-However Free Software often is also free in cost, so the confusion is easily made.
-
-One should also note the differences between Free Software and Open Source software. In Open Source software,
-like Free Software, the original code for a program is available to anyone, however in Open Source, this is to
-better the projects development and usability, whereas in Free Software it is to better the users freedom. They
-both use the same methods to achieve differing goals; this often leads them to be commonly used together, as the
-benefits a user gets from Free Software is much the same in Open Source software, and vice versa.
-
-The main goal of Free Software is to allow the user to have as much freedom as possible when using a piece of
-software for any purpose. This is in contrast to the traditional alternative, called Proprietary Software, which
-can be defined as software that the user can not edit, modify or redistribute without the original publishers
-permission. This kind of software intentionally restricts the users freedom, usually for the purpose of profit or
-control of the software. Some common examples of Proprietary Software, are Microsoft's \textit{Windows}, Apple's
-\textit{iOS}, and Google's \textit{Chrome} web browser.
-
-Many people don't know that they already use Free Software\cite{COMMONfoss}, and sometimes the tools they use most
-often are in fact Free Software. A few examples of this are, Krita\cite{KRITA}; a graphics design and art tool that is
-used frequently in animation, and other digital art, is made and managed by the KDE foundation\cite{KDE}, who make
-exclusively Free Software. Dovecot\cite{DOVECOT}; an email server used by many major email providers.
-A final example is Firefox\cite{FIREFOX}; a Free Software web browser made by Mozilla that makes up 2.71\%
-of the browser market share as of 2024, however in the past has had up to 30\%\cite{BROWSERmarketshare}. These
-are all more modern examples of Free Software, however over the past 40 years, there have been countless others.
-
-\section{A brief history of FOSS} The term Free Software was first coined by Richard Stallman in 1983\cite{GNUproject},
-however even before this, examples of Free Software (and the disapproval of Proprietary Software), were already
-starting to show.
-
-One of the earliest examples of the disapproval of Non-free Software, was the response to Microsoft's \textit{An
-open letter to hobbyists}\cite{OPENletter}, which was written by Bill Gates in 1976. This letter detailed that
-people had been stealing from Microsoft, as many people had brought hardware through them, but far fewer people
-had brought required software for said hardware. The fact this was happening at a scale large enough to cause this
-showed how many computing groups, also known as hacker groups/spaces at the time, weren't willing to pay for the software they
-used, believing that if they brought the hardware they had done all that was needed\cite{OPENletter}. It is often
-believed that this is one of the first examples of \textit{hacker culture}, which would become more common into the
-80's and 90's, and was the starting point of the current Free Software movement, where people continued the view,
-that software was not a commodity to be sold, but a resource to be shared.
-
-A key figure in \textit{hacker culture}, as previously mentioned, is Richard Stallman. In the
- 1980's he left his job at MIT to work full time on the GNU project, which was designed
-to be a full recreation of AT\&T's Unix operating system from the ground up as Free Software. The idea was to
-allow anyone access to a Unix like machine without paying AT\&T's expensive license fees, and allow any user to
-view it, redistribute or edit; it was to be the first fully free operating system. The early development of GNU
-was relatively slow, and it was not a completely free system for many years, as some core parts of the operating
-system were missing, meaning Non-free alternatives had to be used. However this would later change in 1991, when
-final additions would be created.
-
-In 1988 the BSD Net1 operating system would release\cite{BSDnet1}, this was the first fully open version of the
-Berkeley Software Distribution version of Unix. BSD was by no means new by this point, however it wasn't fully
-free until this point. This version had completely rewritten all the code from the original Unix that previous
-versions contained, meaning it was now completely free from AT\&T's licenses. It would be the start of a long
-lineage of Open Source operating systems which are now the base of MacOS, FreeBSD and OpenBSD and is often deemed
-as the first Open Source operating system.
-
-The GNU project, while still not fully finished, saw the final piece of the puzzle when Linux\cite{LINUX} released in
-1991, it was a fully free kernel which GNU was still lacking (however it did get its own kernel called GNU hurd but
-Linux is far more commonly used). With GNU and Linux paired together a user could finally get a fully free operating
-system for general use, this combination of software is still in use today, having a 4.7\% market share globally
-on desktop computers\cite{LINUXmarket}, and on web servers it is dominant. In recent years it has also shown some
-use in gaming, with it being the operating system used by Valve's \textit{steam deck} gaming handheld\cite{STEAMdeck}.
-
-As one can see, the rise of Free Software has been tied to the rise of Unix, and this is no surprise; like many
-Free Software projects, the goal of Unix was to make small reusable tools that together became a coherent operating system,
-that could be modified and changed per any users needs. This happened to align with the Free Software movement,
-and thus many early projects, were recreating or adding to Unix.
-
-Since Linux's release there haven't been as many major events in the space and more so a steady flow of updates
-and new features, most likely due to the amount of people working on projects being high enough for constant
-development, as opposed to one person sending in code every few days or weeks.	There was another large jump
-in development over the COVID lock downs. As of 2024 it would be hard not to say Free Software is fully viable
-against its Proprietary counterpart.
-
-\section{How is Free Software developed?} 
-The process of developing Free Software has changed over time, especially
-as the Internet came to be, allowing developers from all across the world to add to things. In modern terms the
-development process is very simple, a developer can look at a piece of code, make changes to a local version of
-it, then it can be uploaded to a central online version of the code, to be checked by lead maintainers, before
-becoming the part of the main version (developers would say creating a local branch and submitting a pull request).
-This method was popularized by version control systems; such as git\cite{GIT} and RCS, which are both Free Software.
-What these tools allow for is the work of many people to brought together into one single code base.
-
-When code is submitted, it generally gets split into individual chunks (called patches) which each have an individual
-purpose. Each patch added will fix 1 bug or add 1 feature, this leads to a simple development cycle that can easily
-be used to fix bugs, by breaking them down into small patches that need to be written, and distributing the work
-between many developers.
-
-Without going into too much detail, this is done by merging all contributions into the main code base by
-comparing line numbers in differing versions, this is a fully automated process, managed by your version control
-system. This pattern of development is liked amongst programmers as it allows many to submit code all at once,
-which is invaluable if your project has many developers. This method is also commonly used in Non-free Software,
-to manage large development teams\cite{NONFREEvcs}.
-
-\section{Comparing Free Software to its Proprietary counterparts} 
-As previously mentioned there are many different
-examples of Free Software, often made to be an alternative to a common piece of Proprietary software, each have
-their pro's and con's. To compare, one can look at performance data and usability. To show a wide range of software,
-this paper will look at programming IDE's, web browsers, and office software, as most computer users have used at
-least one of these, and thus will be familiar with them.
-
-\subsection{Programming IDE's} 
-\textit{An \textbf{IDE} is an \textbf{I}ntegrated \textbf{D}evelopment \textbf{E}nvironment}
-
-The main IDE's used by developers are Free Software, but there are a few Non-Free ones that are used according to
-the Stack-overflow developer survey\cite{IDEusage}. To compare text editors, one can look at \textit{VS Code} as
-an example of open software, with 73\% of developers claiming to have used it at some point, and \textit{IntelliJ},
-as an example of Non-Free Software, with 26\% of developers claiming to have used it at some point\cite{IDEusage}.
-
-These tools are both commonly used personally and professionally, and are of a similar size, making them ideal to
-compare. On the performance side of the argument, VS Code has Intellij beat, being faster to open and generally
-more lightweight than Intellij, this has been put up to the fact that VS Code is written in JavaScript, which is
-faster than Java, which is what Intellij is written in\cite{VSCODEvsintellij}.
-
-On the usability side, things are more even, both editors have features that makes them better than each other,
-each of them have plug-ins support, advanced text editing features and each have auto completion. However in this
-sense VS Code still generally comes ahead, with its more main stream user base, more gets made for it, and as it is
-Open Source, it is generally easier for users to add features, in the for of patches, and in the form of plug-ins,
-although no definite numbers are available on exact plug-in counts publicly, VS Code is most defiantly ahead,
-with this too.	It becomes clear how projects like Vs Code become dominate. People want to use something that is
-well supported, and then because they too are using it, its support can become better, which is an upward cycle,
-that goes on until you reach the market cap.
-
-\begin{figure}[h]
-	\caption{Comparing speed of browsers, time \textit{(lower is better)}}
-	\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{webbrowserperfomace.png} 
-	\center{\cite{BROWSERperformace}} 
-	\label{fig:graph}
-\end{figure}
-
-\subsection{Web Browsers} 
-To compare web browsers, one can look at two commonly used browsers, Google Chrome,
-and Firefox. Both of these are known projects, that are used by near billions every day combined, one can look at
-their performance and usability to compare these projects.
-
-Figure \textbf{\ref{fig:graph}} denotes each browsers performance in encryption and decryption, while not fully
-representative of all use cases, it is one of many things that goes into the final speed of the browser. As the
-graph shows, Firefox's FOSS implementation of JavaScript has lead to a faster final product, most likely as more
-people have had eyes on the code, and suggested optimizations over the past 20 years. On the front of performance
-it is clear that the FOSS tool has beaten the Proprietary counterpart.
-
-In respect to usability things come more to user preference, so what one needs to look at, is customizability; the
-ability to make a piece of software exactly fit their needs. In this yet again Firefox wins out, while both Firefox
-and Google Chrome have plug-in capability's, Firefox is known for its completely open system to them, allowing any
-and all extensions to be used. In contrast Google limits what can be used via the "manifest" documents, this series
-of documents describes what is and isn't allowed in the Chrome browser, and is significant as it holds a large
-market share. The most recent one of these documents, manifest V3\cite{MANIFESTv3}, has come to much disapproval
-amongst users, as it will disallow AD blockers, and other extensions that selectively remove content from web pages.
-
-In today's world, the majority of browsers are based on Chrome in some way or another with Firefox being one of
-the few exceptions to this rule. Due to this, most browsers will be effected by manifest V3 as it comes into full
-effect in the coming years. As this happens it will become increasingly hard to deny that Firefox is easier to
-customize and make usable to the users needs.
-
-\subsection{Office Software} 
-When looking at office software, their are two commonly used tools, Microsoft Office
-(also known as 365), and Libreoffice. Microsoft Office is Proprietary software, and has been since its creation
-in the early days of personal computing, Libreoffice on the other hand, has been FOSS software from the start
-(libre actually means free in Spanish, so this is no surprise). They both provide advanced features, and for the
-most part are completely cross compatible. In this sense they have become almost identical tools.
-
-As the tools are so similar one will find it's not worth comparing them, in this way we can say that there is no
-difference, they are both mature, well used, effective suites of software, they are equal. This is something many
-people struggle to see sometimes as they have been using one piece of Non-Free Software for so long, they don't
-want to move to anything else.	This has negative effects on the users, many Non-free tools are effected by cyber
-attacks, and long lasting bugs, that could be fixed by switching to Free Software alternatives, as the technical
-users of these tools fix these issues quickly compared to alternatives. This is usually put up to the fact that
-most FOSS developers aren't working to new features and are instead working to making a tool that works for them.
-
-\subsection{General conclusions} 
-Overall one can see that in many areas of software use, FOSS tools are already
-at an equal state or better, than the Non-free counterparts, for general users. One may find that this balance
-begins to change in more specific fields, where optimization and speed may become more important than it is to
-the common computer user or tools are only made by large companies and no free alternative exist.
-
-\section{What makes Free Software so appealing to developers?} 
-\subsection{What is appealing?}
-Free Software is open to all for edits and changes, this has makes it a tinker playground for all who know how.
-Many FOSS projects are used to learn how to code\cite{LEARNINGtocodewithfoss}, how to manage code and how to add to existing code; thus 
-FOSS software is appealing to developers, especially new ones. If a developer uses software they have edited/customized 
-them self, they may find that that software becomes easier to use as they can see its inner workings.
-
-Even outside the realms of learning resources FOSS tools are liked by professional developers\cite{FOSSinindistry}, for the same reasons.
-In enterprise software development, there is often very specific tasks that need to be done, thus having full access to 
-a related tool, can lead to a solution coming from modifying something that already exists, or by observing inner workings. 
-This is very helpful in an enterprise setting for a number of reasons, such as: ones work is too specific to have a pre-existing
-tool, or ones company may not be able to acquire a license to an existing piece of software.
-
-\subsubsection{What is not appealing?}
-Many developers do however site issues with FOSS, often claiming it to be too hands on, which may not be ideal. While a large amount
-of these claims are no longer true (especially around tools like Linux\cite{LINUXhard}), they do still hold weight over the Free Software 
-community. It is in a sense a double edged sword, because tools are more customizable\cite{FOSScustomize}, it can feel that without customizations, one 
-does not get a proper experience using FOSS if one wants something that just works.
-
-\subsection{Why is it more appealing than Non-free Software?}
-Due to the closed down nature of Non-free Software, it is often hard to work with when a specific use cases is required, as it
-is too locked down to customise. For a lot of developers they also find Non-free Software as a blight on the software space,
-as they feel that it is objectively worse, due to the locked nature and corporate profits often being considered before user 
-experience, this is only an opinion, but it is held by many individuals in the space.
-
-\subsubsection{Why is the alternative still better for some people?}
-For some people, the stable, static nature of Non-free tools is appealing over the draws of newer Free tools. Many people also worry
-about the speratic nature of development in Free Software, as they are often held up by only a few individuals, these people aren't interested
-in customising their software, and instead are trying to use something they are familiar with.
-
-\subsection{How does this effect other users?}
-As repeated various times, a lot of what makes FOSS appealing is the fact it can be customised, far more than other pieces of 
-software. This often leads to developers using a piece of software, then as it open, they contribute to it, but it often ends up
-being that the features added are developer focused and thus do not help general users, or in some cases, hinders them.
-This has all lead to and \textit{echo chamber} effect, where features are added by developers for developers. One must be made
-aware however that this is not true of all projects, it is just a trend among major projects.
-
-\subsection{Conclusions}
-Overall a lot of this comes down to weather a project can be customised or not, as this is a feature key to developers
-as it is often targeted towards them. This has given FOSS tools a strong hold in the developer space with a large amount 
-of them using tools like Linux, Vim\cite{STACKOVERFLOW}, and many others.
-
-\section{What makes Free Software so appealing to privacy enthusiasts?} 
-The reason that FOSS is preferred can be put up to many reasons, many of which are hard to say/know as privacy enthusiasts are 
-usually quite good at hiding, however a few known reasons, methods and individuals can be studied.
-
-\subsection{Who are privacy enthusiasts and why do they do what they do?} % needs an edit, "why do they do what they do" is clunky
-Privacy enthusiasts are simply people who care for their privacy very heavily, they like to keep them self completely 
-anonymous when using technology; there are many reasons one may want to do this, for example, individuals in politically
-tense countries may wish to remain hidden when reading outside news sources or talking to others from the rest of the world.
-Another example could be those who have information that they wish to make public, as they deem it to be right to share, while
-a legally dubious, it is a reason that people wish to be hidden. And finally it may be that people do not want information 
-going to large corporations, who are known for selling user data.
-
-\subsection{Some known examples}
-When looking for privacy experts, historical examples are the best place to look; as these are well documented, and thus easier to study.
-There are many examples of privacy being used to better situations, for a multitude of reasons, and here is a list of a few notable and well
-documented examples.
-
-\begin{description}
-	\item[BBC reporters and readers: ] 
-		While not an individual, a very interesting case, to ensure those who live in countries
-		with restrictive media, or communications, the BBC have began to host a version of their news site over 
-		the TOR network\cite{BBCtor}, which means people from restrictive countries can read uncensored news without
-		their governments knowing. This service is also used by their reporters to feed back information from
-		countries with strict political monitoring.
-	\item[Edward Snowden: ]
-		In 2013 this man leaked many documents from the NSA \textit{(the American National Security Agency)},
-		outlining how the USA had full access to email communications between the majority of major email providers in the USA.
-		He is known for using many privacy and security related FOSS tools when fleeing from America to avoid prosecution.
-		While this is obviously highly illegal, with the USA prosecuting him under the Espionage Act of 1917; he is often praised
-		for his work, pushing against mass surveillance. What is interesting about him as an individual is that he worked for
-		the NSA and CIA and says that the mass surveillance was thought of as common in these places\cite{EDWARDsnowden}.
-	\item[Lawrence Lessig: ]
-		He is known for pushing digital privacy and Free Software, creating the Creative Commons\cite{CC}. He cares for privacy for the sake 
-		of it, not because he has things to hide like Edward Snowden, or because he is in a politically restrictive location. He has 
-		appeared in/worked on films, books and other media trying to push for free digital speech and free digital use. He believes 
-		digital privacy is one of many steps needed to achieve this\cite{LESSIG}. Creative Commons is known for its use adgacent
-		to Free Software, as they are both about sharing, reusing and avoiding limitations.
-\end{description}
-\subsection{What Free Software do they use?}
-While many tools come to mind when thinking of privacy, the most prominent ones have to be TOR and Linux.
-
-TOR (\textit{\textbf{T}he \textbf{O}nion \textbf{R}outer}), is a Free Software tool that allows a user to encrypt their network 
-traffic, and send it through three other computers first. This is similar to a VPN (\textit{\textbf{V}irtual \textbf{P}rivate \textbf{N}etwork}),
-which sends network traffic through an middle man before it is received at the server. The difference is that TOR, will go through
-three random middle men nodes, instead of one constant node\cite{TOR}. Using TOR makes it almost impossible for a server to know where the original 
-connection came from, and makes it very hard to intercept signals between the user and server, thus hiding the user of the computer.
-This \textit{connection masking} as it is called, can be used to hide website traffic, messaging traffic or in fact any kind of network 
-traffic, to someone trying to spy on the user, they will never know where they are connecting too, how often they are connecting, or for
-how long.
-
-Linux \textit{(also known as GNU/Linux)}, as previously mentioned is a free and open source operating system, this is frequently used by privacy enthusiasts
-as it has been vetted by countless individuals to ensure it contains no malicious code that could effect a users individual privacy. GNU/Linux
-is split into many different distributions that are all individually maintained, some of them are designed for general use, while others are 
-meant for more specific use cases. All of them will be more private than Non-free alternatives as they are so rigorously checked. Some privacy 
-specific ones exist such as tails OS\cite{TAILSOS}, and some are designed for more offensive privacy and security such as Kali Linux \cite{KALIlinux}.
-
-\subsection{Why is Proprietary software not applicable for this use case?}
-For privacy experts and enthusiasts, Free and open tools are preferable for the fact that they know what is happening internally. If a user were
-using Non-free tools, it would be impossible to know weather the code running had their privacy in mind, or if it would be sending data to a large
-corporation or other such entity. For this reason free and open software is perfect, there cant be any hidden malicious intentions as they would be
-seen by all who vet these tools on a daily basis. Another reason that one can draw as to why someone would want to use free tools is that they are
-less restricted in what they can do; Non-free tools are limited by corporate law and other such things, Free Software on the other hand is less limited
-as restricting what individuals make and share, would end up making many things in common life illegal. Its under these rules that tools such as
-TOR can exist.
-
-\section{Where else is Free Software used and why?} 
-Free Software is used in many places, it is versatile, and easy to modify, which is ideal for most corporate situations or public 
-services. For example Free Software is in libraries to allow for easy management of books and databases\cite{LIBRARIESFOSS}. In libraries,
-it has made it easier to manage compared to alternatives, and people have been doing this for many years, via freeware and shareware, bother
-older examples that are similar to Free Software.
-
-Another example is in the energy sector\cite{ENERGYsector}, where it is used to manage power distribution and preferred due to generally improved
-security, and ability to adapt to newer hardware systems. It does all this, while costing far less (or nothing), compared to alternative softwares
-which are known for being highly expensive, often sold as a yearly service.
-
-\section{What's next for the Free Software space?} 
-In the coming years it is clear the Free Software space is going to grow, with major projects like Linux becoming exponentially more popular. These
-trends aren't showing any signs of stopping, and infact are increasing. From the growth in the space right now, one could assume that someone who is
-using one or two pieces of Free Software today, might be using	many more in the coming years.
-
-This recent up tick has been put up to many things, such as improved quality compared to the past. Many people say there is a lower barrier to entry, 
-with more user friendly software. Many also have become frustrated with the lack of control they have over there systems, data, and privacy; with things 
-changing without their control. All of these reasons, and many others have lead to the recent up tick in Free Software in the past 5 years.
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-The same level of growth is being seen with developers, becoming a large community, commonly associated with the Free Software movement. Newer tools
-are always being made, with the advancements in AI, including the first open models and frameworks, such as Llama; new IDE's and improving features in existing
-ones, for example vim getting full/improved LSP features.
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-\section{Closing thoughts}
-After reading this paper, one can hopefully see there is some benefit to the use of Free Software by development and privacy experts, as it clearly tends
-more to their needs, and is developed with them in mind, unlike alternative proprietary software software. It is clear that it is a growing space, with
-more people entering, including non technical users, only getting better for specific use cases and more generic ones.
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