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points by johnnyanmac 2 days ago | 0 comments
I'm not saying there is not high quality software that doesn't require a subscription. I'm simply saying most people's core apps do not fit in that model.

As an analog, I don't feel it's much value to ay "Facebook sucks, use Hacker News" (or any of the hundred other social media that are not a data harvesting platform). The existence of (more) ethical alternativea doesn't erase that fact that most are on unethical software. Likewise, there being efficient software doesn't invalidate that most people are on electron powered services that each take up GB's of data.

[–] carlosjobim 2 days ago
Okay, but if somebody doesn't want to solve their own problem then I'm not going to loose sleep over it. There is a solution for those, but HN has turned somewhat into an endless complain venting space. Discussions seem to follow this pattern:

User 1: There are no good cars anymore!

User 2: You can get this car A or this car B which are good.

User 1: But I have car C which isn't good!

I didn't claim in my original comment that all or most software was high quality. I said that high quality software is generally available for MacOS. Then it's up to each person what they do.

[–] johnnyanmac 2 days ago
>but if somebody doesn't want to solve their own problem then I'm not going to loose sleep over it.

That's basically been the attitude of politics for awhile now. And I see that result doesn't end well.

This is comparatively harmless, but I'm overall trying to unsubscribe from that paradigm of "let stupid stupid". I at every least want to help contribute to alternatives if others wake up one day.

[–] carlosjobim 2 days ago
You can lead a horse to water...
[–] johnnyanmac 2 days ago
Yes. In the context of this topic, I simply want to make sure horses have a watering hole to come into once (or if) they get overloaded or outpriced out of the sugar water full of leeches.

For larger topics, you tackle system, not people.

[–] carlosjobim 1 day ago
That would be the MacOS app ecosystem, I'd say. And by purchasing (or selling) quality apps for a fair price, we contribute to maintain that watering hole.
[–] imtringued 1 day ago
You're talking about your own free rider attitude, if you haven't noticed.

You say you want X but you do Y.

But then you say you don't want X, you want someone to magically make Y as good as X.

That type of wishful thinking is all the rage in politics.