Not only do the terms blacklist and whitelist that one color is better than the other, but they are also mostly ambiguous metaphors.
Many corporations including Google-made Chrome & Chromium as well as Microsoft-owned GitHub are replacing all instances of 'blacklist' with 'blocklist' and 'whitelist' with 'allowlist' (or other alternatives such as 'excludelist'
I do not believe this would be a difficult change to both incorporate and adapt to.
I'm open to listen to any reasons why this shouldn't happen at this point in time.
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Not only do the terms blacklist and whitelist that one color is better than the other, but they are also mostly ambiguous metaphors.
Many corporations including Google-made Chrome & Chromium as well as Microsoft-owned GitHub are replacing all instances of 'blacklist' with 'blocklist' and 'whitelist' with 'allowlist' (or other alternatives such as 'excludelist'
I do not believe this would be a difficult change to both incorporate and adapt to.
I'm open to listen to any reasons why this shouldn't happen at this point in time.