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Re:OpenClaw Surpasses React to Become the Most-Starred Softw... by vergessenmir on Monday March 02, 2026 @10:45AM (#47219451)
I agree with you but the main thing g here, IMO, is the friction with all the alternatives you mention in getting something working.

For example, I've never heard of Automator. I'm familiar with Zapier, I'll have to evaluate the two situations, then I'll find out that might need to find an alternative that runs on Linux and then I'll have to check if....

These are all simple steps but they all use a non-trivial amount of time for the problem their solving

The other thing is the

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Re:OpenClaw Surpasses React to Become the Most-Starred Softw... by bootsmann on Monday March 02, 2026 @10:48AM (#47219490)
> is the friction with all the alternatives you mention in getting something working

Have you tried to run openclaw? Their own docker container (apparently a compose now (???)) doesn't work for half the versions and the docs are probably the least informative thing you'll ever read.

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Re:OpenClaw Surpasses React to Become the Most-Starred Softw... by skeledrew on Monday March 02, 2026 @12:50PM (#47221421)
That's still just one thing. Once they jump that single hoop and get OpenClaw going, everything moving forward is a prompt away.
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Re:OpenClaw Surpasses React to Become the Most-Starred Softw... by mixdup on Monday March 02, 2026 @11:01AM (#47219690)
>I agree with you but the main thing g here, IMO, is the friction with all the alternatives you mention in getting something working.

I would venture a guess signing up for Zapier is easier than getting OpenClaw up and running. Who can get a container running on a Mac but can't sign up for a SaaS product?

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Re:OpenClaw Surpasses React to Become the Most-Starred Softw... by skeledrew on Monday March 02, 2026 @12:51PM (#47221447)
It's not 1 SaaS product you're signing up for. It's dozens. And that's a job for the Claw.
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Re:OpenClaw Surpasses React to Become the Most-Starred Softw... by theshackleford on Monday March 02, 2026 @04:45PM (#47224594)
> It's not 1 SaaS product you're signing up for. It's dozens.

How so?

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Re:OpenClaw Surpasses React to Become the Most-Starred Softw... by skeledrew on Tuesday March 03, 2026 @05:49AM (#47230662)
Because not even Amazon or Google offers every service that the typical user wants. One has to maintain accounts at a variety of places for email, office, automation, etc, etc.
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