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back in the 90s and early 2000s I knew plenty of non-technical users who were fine using IRC or "mIRC" cuz they didn't know the difference between the app and t
by weikju 3y ago
back in the 90s and early 2000s I knew plenty of non-technical users who were fine using IRC or "mIRC" cuz they didn't know the difference between the app and the protocol/servers.
Companies are capitalizing on this ignorance now and somehow convinces even us techies that our decentralized/open stuff is inferior to their lockin, and so the cycle just continues with a bit more shit at every step..
- lenerdenator 3y agoSince the 90s and 00s, a lot has changed with how internet services are accessed and used. The problem of "how do I get people to use and fund my server" is still an unanswered one by projects that implement a lot of FLOSS-based services. It's a bit better than it used to be, but if I suggested that my Discord servers try my new IRC system that I hosted somewhere, most people are just going to pass because it's not going to have the level of polish and ease-of-use they're used to from group chat applications.
- daeros 3y agoWhich frustrates us oldies because that polish is literally all it is. Even images are as simple as loading the image someone links in chat in the browser.