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> Hobbyists solve problems they find interesting, and often ignore a lot of the "gruntwork" required to make a technically sound package. OTOH some commercial
by otherme123 2y ago
> Hobbyists solve problems they find interesting, and often ignore a lot of the "gruntwork" required to make a technically sound package.
OTOH some commercial software only solve problems that make money, and ignore the technically sound part unless it makes money. E.g. the enshittification of Google, Windows or Facebook, and friends, from a product that worked to a product that nobody asked for. All the technicality spent in tracking users, more ads, etc.
These are a lot of commercial software that are not much more than a repackaging of open source software and a UI layer (ffmpeg, for example).