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Simon_says on July 8, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: What cracking open a Sonos One tells us about the ...

Any person should be able to write filenames in their native language.

CamperBob2 on July 9, 2018 [–]

Not if they want anyone besides themselves to access the file, they shouldn't.

There are some good reasons to allow filenames with Unicode characters, but there are about a zillion good reasons not to.

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