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> While I am still curious to know why this is No marketing budget. > it seems like "advertisement" is still the greater predictor of software usage than anyt
by klntsky 3y ago
> While I am still curious to know why this is
No marketing budget.
> it seems like "advertisement" is still the greater predictor of software usage than anything else
It is not. It's only a blocker if an app doesn't have any presence at all.
> FOSS apps get better the more people use them
Not true. Only users who report bugs bring value.
- livueta 3y ago> Only users who report bugs bring value. While bug reports are great, isn't this fairly trivially untrue? Consider something like firefox, where size of userbase directly translates into practical usability w.r.t. webdevs having to care about cross-engine compat. Similar dynamic with things like bittorrent or tor. For a one-off non-networked app you might be right, but that statement in general seems far too strong.
- jasonm23 3y agoUsers who fix bugs bring value, users who report bugs, create a workstream. Arguably, a large user base brings more value than average quality bug reports.