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so we can keep being stuck with corposhit products with no alternatives?
Yeah, there’s room for both, but I think replacing proprietary software is actually a bit higher priority than just being different.
I suppose it depends on what you are replacing, tho.
cat -vconsidered harmfulI think there are examples of projects getting criticized for not recreating the corposhit. Take GIMP — sure some folks really like it, but there are huge swaths of people who basically just say, “why doesn’t it work like Photoshop?!” and get very frustrated with its different approach.
Personally, I like Google Photos — the interface, not the product — so when Immich came along and basically cloned it, I was really happy (I think Immich is fantastic, and at this point calling it a Photos clone is kinda offensive tbh — it’s way cool).
Some corposhit just sucks, yeah, but some is actually well thought out — no shame in taking the concept and running with it, IMHO.
What’s #cat-v?
Considered harmful.
It’s the IRC channel for https://cat-v.org/ There are some very clever people there with very specific ideas and opinions about computing.I open the site and see:
‘The Internet is not for sissies.’ – Paul Vixie
It’s always important to make a good first impression or whatever.
