Not hating on open source, just let people use what fits their expectations and needs and stop deterring them with gatekeeping :P

UX = user experience

      • THED4NIEL@lemmy.worldOP
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        1 year ago

        Seems so, sadly.

        Apparently for some every developer should work only for love and affection from their cardboard box and release their software as a free-for-all, but at least feature-complete before they starve, or else it gets a negative review.

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          You do know that it’s possible to charge for, pay for and financially support open source software, right? There are even things like Patreon as well.

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            Most people don’t do that. Look at the donor count for Lemmy World vs DAU.

            LJ (dev of Sync) has had a patreon for years. The patrons pale in comparison to the people who used Sync for Reddit, and I’m sure Lemmy as well. Patron-types are outliers among outliers.

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              My point about still being able to charge stands. I’ve seen OSS do it - if you want it quick and convenient you pay e.g. through Google Play store or official website. Yes cheapskates will compile it themselves or fork it or grab a free version from F-droid etc but they were probably going to pirate it if it was closed software anyway.

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      People don’t like to make sacrifices today to avoid a potential disaster tomorrow. Especially when that disaster is only theoretical. (See the climate crisis.)

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        At work I’ve started taking an ‘I told you so’ photo of problems on the day they are identified so I can bring it up at 6 months later when it finally fails. Would recommend.