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State an open source alternative so I can explain to you why the masses think it's crap.

• bfkwlfkjf 11mo ago
  Open source has nothing to do with this conversation.
  • nothrabannosir 11mo ago
    I’ll bite : how does open source have nothing to do with a comment discussing “freedom oppressing software” and “Stallman”? To be honest, I couldn’t imagine a word more related than "open source". Isn’t that junction literally the acronym F/LOSS?
• flexagoon 11mo ago
  While I agree a lot of open source messenger services have terrible UX, I don't think "the masses" care about it that much. What matters is what everyone else is using. People are using Snapchat or Instagram Messenger and I haven't seen a single person who likes the UX of those services - they just use it and put up with hatred for it because that's what all their friends use.
• uriegas 11mo ago
  I think this is purely first mover advantage. We get stuck with bad products simply because those were the first products on the market. It is difficult to change them once everyone uses them. The same applies to the adoption of IT on the banking industry. Now we are stuck with COBOL and systems that are hard to migrate without damaging the economy.
• userbinator 11mo ago
  MSN Messenger had tons of open-source clients back when it was the popular IM network, and it was a weekend or two of work to write a client for it.