How come FOSS developers don't seem to get that the point of computers is to make your life easier, not harder?

>>105856926 (OP)
Freetards don't have lives, OP.
Playing "copypaste line noise from google hourly to keep my shitware from self-destructing" is the closest to achievement they will ever experience.
If they didn't have this surrogate activity, they'd rope - or worse, have to get a job.

What's the problem that's a perfectly fine login screen.

>>105856926 (OP)
The point of computers is to augment human intelligence. If they make your life easier you're wasting their potential.

most FOSS developers are purely ego-driven and don't care about quality. for the most part they're mindbroken bullying victims who savor every scrap of perceived power they can get.
>report bug/janky behavior
>"high ranking" maintainer: LOL WONTFIX FUCK YOU LOL

>>105856926 (OP)
linux made my life easier by not having to deal with M$

>>105856926 (OP)
Works on my machine
>>105859343
/thread

>>105856926 (OP)
> IQ point tripled
Foss suck, download Windows!

Because making your life easier is actually bad for you.

>>105856926 (OP)
Because their brains are backwards, but it's not FOSS people per se, it's Unix people. Mezzano is FOSS too and it has a completely different philosophy. Proprietary Unix had the same mentality as FOSS Unix.

>>105856926 (OP)
>>105860199
My life is easier when the OS and applications I use every day respect my configuration choices and do not make me jump through hoops to disable the exfiltration of my data. My life is easier when the OS and applications I use every day work the way I want them to. My life is easier when the OS and applications I use every day allow me to recompile them from source should I wish to modify, or remove functions I don't want or don't like. My life is easier when the OS and applications I use every day don't nag me for payment info, personal info, or to verify my account through an online platform. My life is easier when the OS and applications I use every day don't shove their subscription model "cloud" saas bullshit in my face. Microsoft and Apple made my life harder. Linux and BSD made it a whole lot easier.

>>105856926 (OP)
They're not making a product for you. They're working on something that might be useful or interesting to them so they're going to be marching to the beat of their own drum. Some dude might make a program that's useful to him and then decide to release it as FOSS so others can use it as well, but this doesn't mean he's going to be interested in working for free on features or changes he doesn't find useful for himself.

This happens because the other people using his program aren't his customers and they did not buy a product from him, they're just random strangers who are using something he gave away for free. Just because some dude gave away something for free doesn't mean he's interested in working for free on extra support, features or even maintenance and he has no real responsibility to do so. This keeps happening around the entire "ecosystem" and the result in the end is this entire software landscape that was built by many people basically chasing their own interests and needs, with other participants only making changes to suit whatever their own needs are and ultimately nobody really gives a fuck about the random people who just use and don't contribute.

Some maintainer may care to fix bugs and make improvements but there strong incentive to do so that exists when money changes hands is entirely absent in the FOSS case.

It's a hobby for them. The problems start when they try to push it onto people who need software to do something with it, not just endlessly tinker.

>>105860468
This.

The ones that can bridge the gap between BOTH sides and truly 'get' UI will rule as gods among mere mortals.

In software/tech there are 2 kinds of people: those that love the process, and those that love the outcome. Some do development to create better outcomes, some like to agonize over the process and view it in a vacuum. FOSS, by definition, isn't paid, and isn't as user centric or commercialized. It attracts a lot of "process" types who don't care if it's an efficient or useful way to do it.

>>105857447
FPBP

>>105856926 (OP)
What are you complaining about? I have an easier time on my freetard OS than I do on paid cuck OS (windows).
Sure there are quirks, but y'all niggas straight lying if you claim that there are no issues with windows...

>>105857447
wow very true, how can you capture their psyche so well?

>>105860387
>exfiltration of my data.
how does this affect your life personally?

>>105862033
Salutations! It violates a core ethical tenet that I hold very dear. Principled behavior and decision-making is extremely difficult for those who are (or were raised by) subliterate animals to understand, so if this doesn't resonate with you, that's fine, and I bear you no ill will, provided that you go back.

>>105862487
moralfagging a computer is a core tennent of a ni/g//g/er so i guess i understand

>>105856926 (OP)
The only reason you think its hard is because you are a bit special. For people that are employed Linux is easy

>>105862002
Non autists use empathy like a superpower to put themselves in other people's shoes. Actual autists simply cannot comprehend this and literally pop a spring just trying to think about it. I've seen it happen. It's messy.

>>105857447
fpbp

>the point of computers-
Nah. I don't know what the fuck you're on. I use my computer for fun. Tinkering with shit is fun.

>>105863717
GET A JOB NIGGA

People who do serious stuff with PC don't use open source programs

>>105857447
Freetarded butt hurt Linux fags just got ETERNALLY blown the fuck out!

They will NEVER recover from this!

>>105864151
I have a job... It just doesn't involve computers.

>>105857447
There really is no comeback for this

>>105862033
How does me fucking your mom affect your life personally?

>>105864468
it does not, and i would not care, shes a free woman unlike freetards who are glued to their computer

>>105864496
She's definitely free

>>105864251
>serious stuff with PC
Such as?

>>105864561
video and photo editors rely on third party plugins and stuff, and I think some of those cost money (because people want to get reward for coming up with clever presets and such). It's same with audio work, some of the best audio plugins don't come with DAW, most don't offer native linux support, and I'm sure if their copyprotection works on linux running wine or whatever. Basically if you rely on these tools/plugins as a hobby or to bring the bread, linux might not be an option