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Re:PinePhone – Open Source Smart Phone Supported by Major Li... by yosito on Sunday July 25, 2021 @04:31AM (#27947670)
> I'm coming to the realisation that open source projects will always provide a lower quality than comerical ones

Open source vs commercial is a false dichotomy. But having migrated out of the Google/Facebook world, I find having sometimes less polished software that does what I want is a much better experience than big tech platforms that only allow me to do what they want.

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Re:PinePhone – Open Source Smart Phone Supported by Major Li... by danielheath on Sunday July 25, 2021 @04:37AM (#27947689)
This is a way better way to describe it.

Open source projects will almost always provide a less polished product.

It'll often be better in ways that matter to me (eg availability of a given bit of software over a decade+ span of time, finer control over UX). But those things are not important to everyone, and that's fine.

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