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I would argue the fragmentation is a feature, not a bug. Part of the “free” is to be able to do whatever you want. There’s a price to pay for it but unifying re
by syntaxing 11mo ago
I would argue the fragmentation is a feature, not a bug. Part of the “free” is to be able to do whatever you want. There’s a price to pay for it but unifying requires discipline and governance. And governance requires authority. And the whole point is we can write whatever the hell we want.
- fainpul 11mo agoHaving a group of people come together and agree on some structure (i.e. governance) doesn't take anybody's freedom away. But such a group could hopefully achieve more than all the "lone wolves" or small teams on their own. I think the big difficulty is that every person has their own taste and preferences when it comes to the desktop UI/UX and doesn't want to contribute to something that is somewhat different from that. It's easier for a company / organization which can hire people. The payment makes up for any small misalignment of ideas. But the article also talks about compatible interfaces, so all those fragmented projects could be used together in a meaningful way.
- rkomorn 11mo agoI'd argue that fragmentation is also a symptom of a lack of truly high-quality solutions, where people keep reinventing wheels because they think they'll solve problems in the existing solutions (and end up creating a different set of problems).
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