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Free software scares normal people

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917 points cryptophreak | 5 comments | 30 Oct 25 15:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.038s | source
1. GTP ◴[31 Oct 25 09:09 UTC] No.45769882[source]▶
> 80% of the people only need 20% of the features.

I also heard that, once you try to apply this concept, you see that everyone needs a different 20%. Any thoughts on this?

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2. amelius ◴[31 Oct 25 14:44 UTC] No.45772506[source]▶
Opinionated Apple seems to get away with it.
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3. GTP ◴[31 Oct 25 16:45 UTC] No.45774044[source]▶
Well, I'm not familiar with their office suite, but I bet that, if I open their word processor, I will still find a ton of features that I will never use.
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4. amelius ◴[31 Oct 25 17:40 UTC] No.45774612{3}[source]▶
The question is more if they left out features because they were deemed too difficult for the average user.
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5. GTP ◴[31 Oct 25 22:47 UTC] No.45777545{4}[source]▶
In the context of this blog post, yes. But in the broader context of the quote, a word processor having a ton of features shows that you don't really get away with only implementing 20% of the functionalities.