Question on udev for RTL-SDR - no longer needed?

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Question on udev for RTL-SDR - no longer needed?

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For the past, several years, every time I've upgraded Mint, I've had to run a series of steps to install udev "rules" for my RTL-SDRs. With the latest install (21.1 Cinnamon), I didn't realize I had not done that, but the RTL-SDRs were working just fine. When I did run the steps (adding a rule under "/etc/udev/rules.d/" as well as setting a "blacklist" for "/etc/modprobe.d/"), my system would no longer connect to my various RTL-SDRs.
I've since removed the udev and blacklist rules, and everything is working fine. Just curious as to what those "udev" rules were doing, and why Mint "just works" with them now.
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Linux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon controlling an Intel i9-13900 with MSI Z790 mobo, 128 GB of RAM and MSI Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 16GB video card.
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