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sureste ◴[] No.44064416[source]
Everytime people talked about Mozilla or Firefox the main complaint was Pocket. Everytime. Yet most people here are sad to see it go. What gives?
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wvenable ◴[] No.44065716[source]
People who are happy about something have no reason to post.

You're talking about two entirely different groups of people even though they're all on HN.

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mdaniel ◴[] No.44066061[source]
That's not true, I sing the praises of things that bring me value all the time. I am, arguably, getting pretty close to "shill" category for some of them. However, I think that behavior should get a pass if the things being shilled are actually FOSS and not just "change from one company to the other"
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1. EasyMark ◴[] No.44069682[source]
In my experience people are more likely to complain about things that annoy them than those things which make their lives easier. However, nowhere in that statement will you find "everyone" is more likely to complain, just that the probabilities are much higher for complaining about a thing rather than advocating for a different thing.