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For something that's free and not foisted upon anyone, there seems to be a lot of negativity here. Okay, so it's not as good as you want it to be. Roll up your
by rufugee 9y ago
For something that's free and not foisted upon anyone, there seems to be a lot of negativity here. Okay, so it's not as good as you want it to be. Roll up your sleeves and make it happen.
- s73ver 9y agoThis idea that open source is somehow immune from criticism is old and tired. If they want to pretend like they're targeting normal people, they need to act like it. This means putting work into things like UX.
- bm5k 9y agoThis site isn't called "normal people news".
- EpicEng 9y agoHow's that stance been working for you? Still waiting to see a single instance of Linux on the desktop of a non-programmer. 99% of people, HN users included, just want something that works. Few people have time to go much around and fix some messaging app when they could simply download a better alternative.