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Re:Gooey: Turn almost any Python command line program into a... by sezna on Saturday December 09, 2023 @10:39PM (#38588816)
I would not like to have to concern myself with exposing government-compliant APIs when coding any arbitrary tool...the free market can reward good development.
Re:Gooey: Turn almost any Python command line program into a... by dimask on Sunday December 10, 2023 @04:56AM (#38590482)
> the free market can reward good development

ha ha

No way, especially because all the people taking most market-business-related decisions (eg which software to buy) are not tech-oriented. If we had more power on these decisions, that would mean that development, and even advertising of products, would be closer to what the parent comment suggest. But alas.

Re:Gooey: Turn almost any Python command line program into a... by treyd on Sunday December 10, 2023 @11:49AM (#38592852)
> the free market can reward good development.

Markets cannot regulate nuanced behavior like this. Microsoft is a trivial example of anti-user practices and generally garbage design nonetheless being adopted due to their tremendous efforts of corporate propaganda and scaremongering the decision makers about their products.