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This was before commercial software companies realized that they had a moat against open source: making software easy to use is often profoundly more difficult
by api 3y ago
This was before commercial software companies realized that they had a moat against open source: making software easy to use is often profoundly more difficult than just making software and requires tons of precisely the kind of work developers hate. Since they hate it, they must be paid to do it. No economic model, no good UX, no widespread adoption.
Open source today is basically a bone yard for building commercial apps and SaaS, and a hobby shop for advanced technical users who can DIY.
- steve1977 3y agoI see this problem in a lot of software I care about (media production, office, mathematics). There are open source alternatives to the proprietary big ones, but they’re all just “ok” at best - and most of them aren’t. E.g. DAWs like Cubase or Live vs Ardour, MS Office vs LibreOffice, Mathematica vs SageMath (which does have some of its own strengths though)
- doubloon 3y agob2b software is not easy to use, open source replaces a lot of back end stuff that doesnt work