All else being equal or irrelevant, I prefer the application with the fewest and smallest dependencies, as well as the least amount of features I won't use. For

All else being equal or irrelevant, I prefer the application with the fewest and smallest dependencies, as well as the least amount of features I won't use. For example, the only thing I want in a music player is that it plays music. I don't need to connect to online services to synchronize my playlists, discover new artists, or whatever else “music players” do these days. Thus my preference for moc instead of, say, Amarok.