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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: 0s | 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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micromacrofoot ◴[30 Oct 25 18:32 UTC] No.45763485[source]▶
FOSS is ~99% developers, ask anyone in UI/UX to contribute to free projects and they'll look at you like you have two heads.
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1. LtWorf ◴[31 Oct 25 14:18 UTC] No.45772255[source]▶
Or they will accept and now your software with a lot of features is a full screen app, completely gray, with a single button in the middle.