Isn't the whole idea of NTFS-3G to allow proper and full compatibility
with the *Windows* implementation of NTFS? Isn't it to allow true
interoperability? Thus, given that Windows considers certain characters
to be illegal should mean that they are treated as illegal for NTFS
drivers on other platforms, purely based on the premise that it is about
full interoperability.

Yes, the fact that Windows doesn't like certain characters in its
implementation of NTFS is likely an aberration from the POSIX namespace
guidelines, but then it is the *reference implementation*.

Additionally, consider that there are many exceptions to rules within
the Win32 API. The WINE project is constantly working around exceptions
that are undocumented and/or that go against existing documentation on
aspects of the API.

Making workarounds in every little app is redundant and counter
productive when it could and, in my view, should be solved by making
this simple change in NTFS-3G.

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Rhythmbox shouldn't set illegal / special characters on filenames (i.e. "?"; 
question mark) when ripping to NTFS volumes
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/318625
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