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points by johnnyanmac 2 days ago | 0 comments

>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 2 days 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.