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Piling on here, this is obviously a Bad Take. In order to use fd, you need: 1. To know what the terminal is. Most people do not. 2. Either Homebrew or MacPort
by phailhaus 4y ago
Piling on here, this is obviously a Bad Take. In order to use fd, you need:
1. To know what the terminal is. Most people do not.
2. Either Homebrew or MacPorts installed. At this point you've lost the majority of the people who vaguely know what the terminal is.
3. Familiarity with how unix commands work, what "flags" are, how to write them, how to specify filepaths.
4. How to debug those commands when you invariably get it wrong.
5. Since fd just dumps filepaths, you need to know how to inspect them further and open them.
Yes, $6 is more than worth it for many people. All you need are eyes and the ability to use a mouse and keyboard.
- trollied 4y agomdfind is a built-in terminal command that finds stuff. No need to spend $6
- spillguard 4y agoDoesn't usage of mdfind still suffer from GP's problems 1, 3, 4, and 5?
- dwaite 4y agoSpotlight, then, which is the built-in GUI for the same database as mdfind.
- nerdponx 4y agoI think a more charitable take is that it's interesting how CLI programs tend to be FOSS and gratis (maybe donations accepted) while GUI programs tend to be proprietary and non-gratis.
- teaearlgraycold 4y agoGUIs are much harder than a bit of system programming and console outputs.
- throwaway92394 4y ago> CLI programs tend to be FOSS I think this is more likely because they're often made (or at least started) by individuals as a hobby or side project, not as a commercial venture. CLI is generally easier to develop then GUIs especially cross-platform. > GUI programs tend to be proprietary and non-gratis. GUIs require so much more work, especially for cross platform. If engineers are paid for their time then this is worth it. Granted electron has made it far easier - you still need to be essentially a full stack developer to make a GUI with it.