

It’s an issue but its a pretty niche one. Even software that works great on most distros might misbehave when you have multiple desktop environments installed. And http_proxy use doesn’t appear to be standardized by freedesktop, LSB, etc. Though it is pretty well adhered to: https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2021/01/27/we-need-to-talk-no-proxy/
So yeah, I agree with the spirit of this but its tough to follow the standard when there is no standard
do it. Almost anything beats comcast, on price, speed, reliability, customer service, anything
I picked a random spot in their coverage area and this is the plans it offered.