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Brand damage is very real for large businesses. Developers who abandon Windows for Mac or Linux don't come back when their specific grievance gets addressed by

by gizmo 2y ago

Brand damage is very real for large businesses. Developers who abandon Windows for Mac or Linux don't come back when their specific grievance gets addressed by Microsoft because the fundamental trust is broken. Apple is making similar mistakes with their aggressive App Store take rate, by allowing so many scam apps on the App Store, and with their unfair policy enforcement. Apple sentiment among developers has been declining steadily as a result. For many the tipping point hasn't been reached yet even though they are fed up. The problem with brand destruction is that it takes a long time to show up as in the revenue chart. But by the time it does a ton of damage has been done.

makeitdouble 2y ago
> the fundamental trust is broken. This seems to be the core of the discussion. Is there a fundamental trust to have towards any of these corporation, and where do you go when they all breached the amount of trust you had in them ? To give a parallel, it's like boycotting every airline that wronged you. Very quickly you have to revise your criteria. Linux would be the exception as there's a path where you don't need to trust any organization, but I don't think it's practical for an average computer user.
- tracker1 2y ago
  Define the average computer user... if they mostly use web apps, then Linux is completely viable, and I have several friends and family converted for their own online safety for years now.
  - makeitdouble 2y ago
    I meant going to a non commercially owned distro. While Ubuntu for instance is a good experience, you still need to trust Canonical. Granted it's a lot easier when it's OSS at its core and there's a whole community watching.
    - fsflover 2y ago
      Debian is better than Ubuntu in every way. My relatives use it just fine.
tremon 2y ago
Brand damage is very real for large businesses Correction: brand damage is dangerous for businesses that haven't reached the monopoly stage yet. Once they do, they no longer care about it.

by gizmo 2y ago

makeitdouble 2y ago

> the fundamental trust is broken. This seems to be the core of the discussion. Is there a fundamental trust to have towards any of these corporation, and where do you go when they all breached the amount of trust you had in them ? To give a parallel, it's like boycotting every airline that wronged you. Very quickly you have to revise your criteria. Linux would be the exception as there's a path where you don't need to trust any organization, but I don't think it's practical for an average computer user.

tracker1 2y ago
Define the average computer user... if they mostly use web apps, then Linux is completely viable, and I have several friends and family converted for their own online safety for years now.
- makeitdouble 2y ago
  I meant going to a non commercially owned distro. While Ubuntu for instance is a good experience, you still need to trust Canonical. Granted it's a lot easier when it's OSS at its core and there's a whole community watching.
  - fsflover 2y ago
    Debian is better than Ubuntu in every way. My relatives use it just fine.

tremon 2y ago

Brand damage is very real for large businesses Correction: brand damage is dangerous for businesses that haven't reached the monopoly stage yet. Once they do, they no longer care about it.