Re:Our experience launching a paid, proprietary product on L...
by simias on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @06:10AM
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>He was describing a situation in the Linux community where a large number of users have an aversion to paid software.
So "having an aversion" means that you're a fundamentalism? That's a bit extreme, no?
>If you want linux desktop software to grow, there needs to be room for proprietary software.
Judging by how I feel more miserable and less in control every year with the dumbification of the Linux desktop I genuinely don't want that. People keep adding abstraction layers in order to lure the mythical "average joe" to Linux, except that he doesn't care anyway so I'm the one who ends up having to deal with that bloat that doesn't offer anything to me. I'd use FreeBSD instead of Linux if I could because I prefer the way it works but I can't because of... proprietary drivers that are not available on the BSDs.
If people like to eat crap that's their problem, I don't see why I should force my self to get a taste for it just so that we can eat at the same table.
So "having an aversion" means that you're a fundamentalism? That's a bit extreme, no?
>If you want linux desktop software to grow, there needs to be room for proprietary software.
Judging by how I feel more miserable and less in control every year with the dumbification of the Linux desktop I genuinely don't want that. People keep adding abstraction layers in order to lure the mythical "average joe" to Linux, except that he doesn't care anyway so I'm the one who ends up having to deal with that bloat that doesn't offer anything to me. I'd use FreeBSD instead of Linux if I could because I prefer the way it works but I can't because of... proprietary drivers that are not available on the BSDs.
If people like to eat crap that's their problem, I don't see why I should force my self to get a taste for it just so that we can eat at the same table.