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Free software scares normal people

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917 points cryptophreak | 1 comments | 30 Oct 25 15:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.339s | source
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snovymgodym ◴[30 Oct 25 16:16 UTC] No.45761694[source]▶
The problem is that everyone wants a different 20% of the functionality.

Actual good UI/UX design isn't trivial and it tends to require a tight feedback loop between testers, designers, implementers, and users.

A lot of FOSS simply doesn't have the resources to do that.

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1. ptmcc ◴[30 Oct 25 16:20 UTC] No.45761749[source]▶
Resources or the care, tbh. FOSS is a big umbrella and a lot of it simply isn't meant for "customers". Some FOSS apps clearly are trying to build a user base, in which case yeah the points this post makes are worth thinking about.

But many other projects, perhaps the majority, that is not their goal. By devs for devs, and I don't think there is anything wrong with that.

Pleasing customers is incredibly difficult and a never-ending treadmill. If it's not the goal then it's not a failure.