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The fact that you have a beef with USB tethering does not refute the fact that OSS usability is generally shit, and that would likely also apply to smartphones.
by new_realist 7y ago
The fact that you have a beef with USB tethering does not refute the fact that OSS usability is generally shit, and that would likely also apply to smartphones. So it’s a choice between “good” and “poor, but OSS.”
- esotericn 7y ago"Good" is in the eye of the beholder, surely. A TV dinner is extremely usable compared to say, cooking from scratch. It has its' benefits. Not for me, though.
- yarrel 7y agoSmartphones are based on Free Software. This is part of what makes them so frustrating from a user freedom point of view - they lock some of the most successful Free Software out of the user's reach while sitting in their own hands.