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Re:Thunderbird 102 by usrn on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @06:18AM (#31918300)
It's not market forces conspiring against you, it's nature. You're not making the system simpler, just building more systems inside it.

Linux based OSes will never be popular and have the same freedom they have. The principles the developers have that make it free are the same ones that create these "usability problems" which make it so unpopular.

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Re:Thunderbird 102 by smaudet on Saturday July 02, 2022 @02:43PM (#31961320)
I guess I don't buy this - there are systems which offer a lot of freedom and are still popular.

Legos, Jeeps, Cooking. HTML, Minecraft, some real-world, software options.

"Usability" can be something you buy on top of the simple system, or it can be free, depending. These aren't diametrically opposite properties of systems.

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