@sdetweil It most likely would!
My one -file-only-edit solution have the added bonus that I know exactly what needed to be changed thus not relying on a 100+ line script.
I see that you are so kind to log what the script is doing, so you don’t leave the user in the dark (pun intended :-) ) I like that design!
I should have read your script earlier though (I read through the looong ticket regarding making the installer scripts external to MM2 and remember many of your posts!)
Actually, while browsing the MM repo I also stumbled across the exact same solution
https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/wiki/Configuring-the-Raspberry-Pi#disabling-the-screensaver
Why either of those were never returned to my by google-foo I can only wonder about