Kushan

I'm getting paid. Not with money, but pure schadenfreude.

I recognised it as well!

Absolutely, when you look at what Linux does get used for and where it's dominant, there's shit loads of money getting poured into it.

I'm not complaining about GIMP, I'm complaining about the attitudes people have towards potential users of free software.

Linux is getting more popular because corporations like valve have put the effort into refining the user experience. I'm not just talking about a pretty UI either, I'm taking things like proton that makes playing games on Linux as easy as playing on windows.

I'm not saying there aren't people out there that demand free labour from volunteers - of course there are; I maintain and have contributed to a few open source projects myself so I know all too well what that's like.

However, I would say those folks are a very small (albeit vocal and annoying) minority. The vast, vast majority of users simply dismiss Linux/GIMP/Whatever because it's not suitable for them. They don't go screaming into GitHub demanding features, they don't post on Lemmy that the software sucks or otherwise create a fuss, they just gravitate towards the stuff that works for them (usually something proprietary) with the least friction.

Yeah you're right, it's the users that are at fault.

I think your response is unintentionally proving my point lol

The sub operates in cycles and it's like clockwork

Trump (or republicans in general) do something outrageously bad.

Sub is in uproar about it.

People start accusing /r/politics of brigading.

About a day later, the sub has it's marching orders in line and it's no longer upset about the thing.

About a day after that, nobody on the sub was ever upset about it and everyone agrees it was actually a good thing.

Every. Single. Time.

Yup and honestly the hostility those users get when mentioning it is the same reason Linux doesn't get more traction in the mainstream.

When a lot of users expect software to work in a particular way and it doesn't, you change the software - if you insult, belittle or otherwise expect the user to change their working habits then you're going to have a bad time and be all shocked Pikachu when the user doesn't use the software.

Apple is (was lol) the most valuable company on the planet because they understood that the user experience is the absolute most important thing. They are the textbook example of vendor lock in and yet people flock to them because "it just works".

Docker is a great example because podman basically is a drop in replacement.

I actually think Google is going to win this one, they're the only ones making their own hardware to run their own models. Open ai are starting down that road but they're years behind.

When you look at the pricing of all the AI companies, Google's is so much cheaper (orders of magnitude) and they're not having to pay Nvidia billions to do it.

Came here to say this, Gmail search has been basically broken for me for years. The preview suggestions when typing in a search query have been more accurate for me than the actual search.

I have a couple of old emails from 2020 that always appear in search results no matter what I search for.