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Re:By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall by palata on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @06:29PM (#44056924)
> Would be a huge win for open source!

Not sure.

I don't want people who want Windows to come to Linux because Windows has become a spyware. The result will be a bunch of entitled users asking for Linux to look more like Windows.

Anyone who has maintained an open source project knows how consumers of open source suck. "Your free project that you develop in your free time sucks" or "I won't make you the honour to use your project if you don't spend 2 weeks adding this feature I want". A mass influx of Windows people who want Windows-without-the-spyware would probably make this worse for Linux.

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Re:By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall by ajsnigrutin on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @06:58PM (#44057104)
getting windows users to linux is a pain....

"I want BSplayer, how do I make it work?", and no other player will ever be good enough as BSplayer. And sometimes it's not even a good piece of software, but some stupid windows only thing that not even windows users use anymore.

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