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Files are OPEN. You can do whatever you want with a bunch of bits and a spec that tells you what they mean. Even utilize different software/hardware to consume
by oooooooooooow 5y ago
Files are OPEN.
You can do whatever you want with a bunch of bits and a spec that tells you what they mean. Even utilize different software/hardware to consume and manipulate them, which is the last thing your software/hardware vendor wants you to do.
Did anyone really think doing away with files ever had anything to do with simplicity? Another magical thing you can do with a bunch of bits is build abstractions over them to simplify their manipulations as much as you want. It's vendor lock-in and it's not only awful but evil too.
- the-dude 5y agoYou don't understand. Ordinary people don't understand what a file is, what it can do for them etc. Result is they can't find them, lose them, don't have backups etc. I have interacted with users who hadn't grasped before they could make folders themselves. Ask your mother or your sister.
- corty 5y agoSome people are unable to refill the windshield wiper fluid of their car. Some people cannot reattach a button. I think we shouldn't continue to tolerate such incompetence from the general population, or at least charge them an arm and a leg as punishment. But unfortunately, vendors have caught up and noticed that "an arm and a leg" is lots of money, so if they could just make it a tiny bit harder...
- oooooooooooow 5y agoThe plan in motion is, in the name of "making reattaching a button simpler", prevent anyone able to reattach a button on their own from doing it, so the shirt manufacturer makes more bank. Me being able to freely manipulate my own data according to my capacity has NOTHING to do with providing uninterested/incapable people with tools that hide complexity.
- TeMPOraL 5y ago> Ask your mother or your sister. Mine can work with files just fine. They teach this stuff in schools over here.