Earlier quoted context omitted.
Better UI/UX.
and the "it simply works" feeling
aka, the apple lie.
The tools I love are made by awful people
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Re: The tools I love are made by awful people
#122Re: The tools I love are made by awful people
#123Earlier quoted context omitted.
If that's the rebuke then the whole comparison is silly. Since if you buy clothes at some chain like Zara you know before hand what the conditions are which they impose on their workers. You don't need "future sight" for that.
You personally know the conditions? You know that the workers would be better off not having the option of working in the Zara factory? I don't mean a choice between working for Zara and a hypothetical fantasy option of them working in an office with 40 hour work weeks and air conditioning, I mean their actual other option like subsistence farming or whatever they did before there was a Zara factory. You feel you are…
> You personally know the conditions?
You think I can only understand the conditions if.. what? I've directly worked at the factory? Published a peer-reviewed study?
> You know that the workers would be better off not having the option of working in the Zara factory?
That’s not the only other option and presenting it that way is intentionally dishonest.
This entire line of thinking, as presented, is absolute sophism and bad faith.
Re: The tools I love are made by awful people
#124I've been entirely on Linux for over fifteen years now. And I used to develop for Win32.
Most people I know who are 100% Linux users are like you. They don’t know what they are missing, and they are happy.
I don't want to dismiss your premise, I know I don't pay much attention, so please tell me what I'm missing.
I suspect the main thing I'm missing is Schedule I. And I think even that can be had if I go enable proton or something? Haven't really looked into it yet.
Re: The tools I love are made by awful people
#125We're all awful people, every one of us. Some are better at hiding it than others.
the overwhelming majority of people, 95%+, are wonderful awesome people. probably you too. awesome people sometimes screw up, but that's OK. if you really still think that "everyone sucks" then maybe you are in the 5%
Alternate frames of reference aren't inherently misanthropy or make people lesser. And the "if you disagree, you're proving me right" style dig at the parent poster is toxic positivity.
Re: The tools I love are made by awful people
#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yep. Fuck laws. The fact that there are potential negative consequences means that we should throw them all out!
It means we should engineer incentives rather than trying to regulate outcomes. Policy choices aren’t binary.
Oh yea, the billionaire and shareholder class can totally be incentivized to be good global citizens. /s
Re: The tools I love are made by awful people
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I think the point is that if the corporations are morally kept in check by governments, then installing Linux wouldn't be necessary.
how about the government keep people in check by forcing them to install Linux?
The entire point of linux is that if a government did that, unlike closed source solutions, it would be end-user modifiable.
Re: The tools I love are made by awful people
#128> Things will only change when democratically elected governments across the world step in with regulation, drag Big Tech through the courts, and fine them billions of dollars. How will that help you install Linux.
Why is democracy so universally worshipped? Do they realize evil people with business interests ALSO participate in a democracy?
It's the worst system of government, except for all the other ones.
Re: The tools I love are made by awful people
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What do you think Linux users are missing?
Better UI/UX.
I'd personally take Gnome Shell over both Windows and OSX. It's minimal, gets out of your way, has better touchpad gestures and keyboard shortcuts for navigating, and looks great. So I think Linux is there.
But this is kind of a personal thing. My wife likes Windows with a super cluttered desktop and I absolutely hate the idea of any desktop icons and I like everything hidden. I have a colleague who has OSX with again, a ton of desktop icons and like 20 things open at any given time, just looking at his screen gives me anxiety.
Re: The tools I love are made by awful people
#130Earlier quoted context omitted.
Better UI/UX.
and the "it simply works" feeling
Install a modern distro. It does just work. I've literally done zero config to my laptop, nothing has broken or not worked. Literally everything works. Touchpad, touchscreen, webcam, fingerprint reader, stylus, suspend, audio, etc...