I think this is getting blown out of proportion. This is the only breaking change I can remember in the past year or more. The security implications were real. Generics are not widely used in production (at least they shouldn't be; and when they are, it's usually to a forgiving audience). There was a lot of discussion on the forums. Information was included in the changelog. Etc. Etc.
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