Why do we keep a specific Arch64 subform?

Question

Arch x86_64 has been mainstream for more than 3 years now.
And for at least more than the last two years, it's even more mainstream than i686.
Then why do we keep a specific Arch64 subforum?
And we have it together with some other architectures (i586, ppc) that not even a handful of people use them?

Answer 1

Skripka wrote:
dcc24 wrote:Add flash plugin to the list of 32bit only packages, since Adobe (and hence Arch) recently dropped support for it.
It seems odd to me, maintaining a forum for an entirely separate architecture simply because of 3 proprietary packages.
It is not that they are proprietary.
It is that they are either-or/and buggy, unreliable, do not respect personal data and privacy, and for more than a year now have extremely well-behaved replacements.
For example:
- wine
----> buggy
----> unreliable
----> has excellent replacement -> VirtualBox
- skype
----> buggy
----> unreliable
----> no respect for personal data
----> no respect for privacy
----> all your calls are being monitored-recorded
----> the same for all your file transfers
----> the same for all your chats
Why?
Because your consumer habits-preferences are worth billions of euros to the content-making companies (ie RIAA music studios and MPAA movie studios) so that they can produce more target-oriented material.
----> has excellent replacements -> pidgin, kmess, amsn etc.