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Since most common applications have moved to the web, and the biggest Linux end user deployment by far, Android, was created from fresh beginnings, the idea of
by an_opabinia 6y ago
Since most common applications have moved to the web, and the biggest Linux end user deployment by far, Android, was created from fresh beginnings, the idea of the user being concerned with minutia of binaries is already far along a long road to the grave.
- krageon 6y agoThis right here is what's wrong with the application space. The idea that this could be true leads to terrible software design and slow, bloated applications. In the current landscape is it perfectly possible (and I'd say even usual) to do most of your work and processing on local system binaries (that aren't a browser or a browser with a different name).
- an_opabinia 6y agoIt’s no one’s fault really. As long as people pirate software, it is economically Darwinian / inevitable that all commercial software will migrate to centrally controlled subscription gated servers. This includes open source software, if you correctly count how much of it is repackaged and sold to people this way.
- krageon 6y agoIt has nothing to do with pirating. That sort of predatory mercantile behaviour has happened basically ever since humanity invented money. It happens because unscrupulous people are allowed more power than they should have. Stop blaming everyone else for their bad decisions.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoEh, but if that was completely true I'd be using ChromeOS, or something similar. Perhaps some day I will—but as of 2020, I still find myself popping into a lot of native apps day-to-day.
- jcelerier 6y ago99% of the apps I use aren't on the web at all
- johnisgood 6y ago> Since most common applications have moved to the web No, just please no!