When should we require that firmware be free?

Re:When should we require that firmware be free? by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Tuesday December 17, 2024 @01:33PM (#42443918)

For the amount that these services cost, where the fuck is my native desktop client? I don't want electron and I don't want to use a web browser.

They're phoning it in with this trash because there isn't competition. They want to make their own lives easier rather than the customer's.

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Re:When should we require that firmware be free? by bigstrat2003 on Tuesday December 17, 2024 @02:22PM (#42444347)

> They want to make their own lives easier rather than the customer's.

This right here is the crux of the matter and why I have no sympathy for the defenses of Electron. I don't care at all how easy it is for the company's developers to make something. I care that the software I get is high quality, and I'm not willing to sacrifice that so that the company can cut corners on their costs.

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Re:When should we require that firmware be free? by rrr_oh_man on Tuesday December 17, 2024 @02:36PM (#42444470)

You are clearly not a manager

(That is not an insult)

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Re:When should we require that firmware be free? by fulladder on Tuesday December 17, 2024 @07:37PM (#42447018)

Matrix, or Discord

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Re:When should we require that firmware be free? by mardifoufs on Tuesday December 17, 2024 @09:27PM (#42447581)

Discord is electron/web based. And tbh it shows that asking for native just for the sake of being native is weird. Discord has a better UX than most native clients.

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