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Re: Ask HN: Software you hate but can't replace?

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1Password. I hate it because Agile Bits are so user-hostile now. I can't replace it because the alternatives, if they meet our requirements, are even worse.

I don't disagree that AgileBits feel like they're going to go user-hostile anytime soon, but so far I haven't noticed a significant downgrade using their hosted service with iOS & macOS clients so I'm curious to know what's your issue. I'm sure it'll come at some point though.

Re: Ask HN: Software you hate but can't replace?

#152

The software on the Sky Q tv set top boxes, literally can’t replace it. (Sky is a TV service in the UK) It’s clunky to use, particularly with the apps. Things crash all the time and when it decided to do a software update it goes into a spinning loop for hours during which none of the TVs in the house work. Hate it, but the household have decided to keep Sky…

Depending how much your time is worth you could probably get the same media on third-party services via a computer or Apple TV, or even go "sailing" if you don't mind breaking the law (if you see what I'm talking about!).

Re: Ask HN: Software you hate but can't replace?

#154

Android. When holding my phone up to me ear after answering a call, the screen won't switch off and random buttons will then get pressed because you know, I'm holding it against my ear. Can't find any options in the seeing to fix this issue. My wife has exactly the same problem despite using a different make of phone. How can Android fail at the most fundamental task? The alternative of Apple is too expensive for me.…

Sounds like you’re getting what you paid for. Smartphones pretty much cost the same, so maybe spring for a used iPhone 8 or Samsung.

Re: Ask HN: Software you hate but can't replace?

#155

Signal. I dont like having to tie it to a phone number. I would much rather use email (eg wire) if I need to pick one or the other, but a random session id (eg session, torchat) is much better. I also dont want to be limited to only using it on a mobile device. (Yes I know theres a "desktop client" but it has to be linked to your phone anyway, so it defeats half the point of having a desktop version and it also uses…

Agree.

Stop using word "security" or "end to end" encryption and then enforcing me to disclose my phone number to use your "secure" app.

This is scam.

Re: Ask HN: Software you hate but can't replace?

#156
post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> it uses Electron Teams v2 won't use Electron[1]; but for now you can get a small performance boost by just opening Teams using a modern web browser (Edge, Chrome, Firefox) at https://teams.microsoft.com/ -- you can even set up a PWA-type app shortcut. You can uninstall the client after that. I think there's maybe one feature (popout chat windows) that the client has which you can't get in the browser. [1] https://t…

Temas refuses(ed?) to let you hear voice calls if you use Firefox. It's the only reason I have Chromium installed too.

If my experience forcing WebEx in the past has taught me anything, it should be a matter of webRTC features and user agent

Re: Ask HN: Software you hate but can't replace?

#157

Every website with cookie tracking. Which is every website. Anything electron: massive hog of resources and will never be rewritten on a nonbloated platform. Every single package manager and scheme still seems fundamentally broken and are bad compromises. But there's no money in fixing it so it will always be broken. I salute people doing the thankless work of packaging OSS and language libraries. You are fighting th…

Sounds like you don’t like computers.

Re: Ask HN: Software you hate but can't replace?

#159

GIMP. If it didn't exist someone would probably have started a fresh effort for an OSS Photoshop alternative which doesn't suck. I've tried soooo hard for decades to become comfortable in GIMP but I can never get close.

Have you taken Photopea for a spin?
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