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    [–] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    gatekeeping always helps with conversion rates, keep it up πŸ‘

    [–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    Yes because we're not a religion, conversion rates as a measurement of Linux success is silly

    [–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)
    1. who said anything about success, that sounds needlessly defensive
    2. are you pretending that more people using linux wouldn't be beneficial for linux
    [–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 weeks ago

    Because objectively mass adoption for Linux isnt a good thing. We have no reason to lie or decive people, Linux simply is not for eveyone. Every single time someone asks me "I love Windows/MacOS, if I switch to Linux will it basically be the same thing?" I say absolutely not. If someone wants Windows/MacOS (as most people do) then they should just use Windows/MacOS. Mass adoption would also require fundamentally changing the character of Linux, however even that would not be enough. The question then becomes do we wish to appeal to people who are happy not using Linux and when they do install Linux they generally become unhappy. When nontechnical people install Linux they generally complain however they do not, contribute, they do not donate, and they do not offer anything beyond complaints. When something isnt exactly like Windows/MacOS they call it "not user friendly", when 0.0001% of apps arent compatible they say "Linux isn't ready", and when any advanced power features are baked in they demand it be dumbed down for them.

    Once again how would more (specifically nontechnical) people using Linux beneficial in any way?

    [–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    Yeah. Gatekeeping by selling your product for free. Guess how much an Apple/Microsoft engineer makes vs a Linux one. Lmao.

    [–] pyre@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    the post is literally about gatekeeping what the fuck are you even taking about

    [–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    Have you ever thought how GUI is made? It doesn't just spawn in there. It requires work and I'm not saying there isn't anti gui community among us. But it sure is a way of coping. The real issue is funding and management. The big foss projects that have funding most of the time have proper ux except a few(gimp, management issue again).

    tldr: The post is taking about gatekeeping and I'm talking about why gatekeeping became normal.

    [–] pyre@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

    so first there was no gatekeeping but now gatekeeping is good, actually. brilliant

    [–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 weeks ago

    Yeah you might just be dumb