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You're completely misunderstanding what I'm saying. The people/product problems are far larger than the technical problems. Why would people ever want to manag
by ZephyrBlu 5y ago
You're completely misunderstanding what I'm saying. The people/product problems are far larger than the technical problems.
Why would people ever want to manage all of those things? A large part of the value proposition of Gmail and Facebook is that they are easy to use.
Also, this: https://twitter.com/nikitabier/status/1369098642171162625 https://twitter.com/nikitabier/status/1369098642171162625
- tehjoker 5y agoThat last part is only true if the fundamental feature set meets some minimum requirement for whatever they're trying to do. All these companies competing on polish have confused the issue (perhaps because meeting that minimum is often quite easy).
- gompertz 5y agoPeople are larger than the technical problems indeed, but I think that would have been a good thing in the "self hosting" world the parent commenter desired. People willing to put in the proper energy are likely those worthwhile to listen to. With the "easy to use" nature you pointed out, it has brought everyone and their dog to the thunderdome babbling their nonsense daily.
- leephillips 5y agoI have no use for Facebook, and Gmail is not easy to use because it doesn’t do what I want. I need real email.
- arnaudsm 5y agoI entirely agree. But OSS maintainers could have product vision too. We just need the right incentives, like better business models.