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Lemmy faces the same expectations problems as every free/libre software (feddit.de)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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It's the same as with Linux, GIMP, LibreOffice or OnlyOffice. Some people are so used to their routines that they expect everything to work the same and get easily pissed when not.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Open source software is quite far from behind the curve.

There is almost no-one in my field in academia not using R and Latex. Combining it with Linux makes my life much easier.

Wikipedia is open source. Firefox. Chromium. WebKit. Android. Immagine your digital life without any of those.

Whenever I'm forced to use proprietary software I feel like I'm being held back. I know it's mostly just a question of what you're used to, but saying that open source is behind the curve is just not accurate.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yo be fair, only the core of Android is open-source (AOSP), but there is a lot of proprietary shit build on it with the versions most manufacturers carry out most of the people could not live without (Google Play Services, Network Location Provider, Firebase etc.).