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This is why I tend to go for the "open" option (eg. open source software) wherever possible. Not necessarily because it's better. But because the incentive to
by RetroTechie 3y ago
This is why I tend to go for the "open" option (eg. open source software) wherever possible.
Not necessarily because it's better. But because the incentive to enshittify it is lacking.
Closed / proprietary ecosystems tend to be nice for a while. And then disappear without warning. Or turn into crap, like a big sinking ship taking all its users down with it.
FOSS / open platforms tend to fork and/or evolve. And (if they survive) improve over time. That I can deal with.
- Narishma 3y agoIt happens in OSS too, though maybe the reasons there are different. See Gnome for example.
- RetroTechie 3y agoYep. And thus, Gnome 2 was forked into MATE. A good example of the forking / gradual evolution I can live with.