free open source software needs fewer engineers and more designers and product people
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tbf if said request comes from someone who actually has the capability and skills to contribute themself that's a reasonable thing to say
but of course that's only a minority of cases where that happens
@m000gletje @TodePond Yeah like literally the first bullet point in the thing I’m writing is just “not everyone is or can be a nerd”
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i see too many fossbros say we should trade convenience for privacy (which honestly starts turning into a buzzword to fire neurons in people's brains), and i just sit there thinking maybe in such an advanced society aspiring to a stable, peaceful and fulfilling life, we shouldn't trade shit one for another
but try telling them that, they'll call you illiterate and lazy for not wanting to be a sysadmin of your own empire
@m000gletje @TodePond Yeah “use our software! It’s inconvenient!” is very obviously a bad sales pitch nobody will listen to - often motivated by the strange idea that you should, as a moral imperative, suffer to use technology
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@m000gletje @TodePond Yeah “use our software! It’s inconvenient!” is very obviously a bad sales pitch nobody will listen to - often motivated by the strange idea that you should, as a moral imperative, suffer to use technology
look, i've had my ride with trying to be a sysadmin, sure it's fun to have your own services you can fuck around in without the approval of anyone
but it shouldn't be a necessity and rather something you can get into if you want
actually foss/generally tech nerds should be forced to go outside, touch grass and interact with the normies so they can get off their imaginary selfhosted planet and get a grip on reality
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@TodePond I guess without large amount of state funding it's not going to happen, especially from an accessibility standpoint.. Until then I guess we have to make do with people mostly making software for themselves
@yaxu strongly disagree! there are huge incentives for designers and product people to get involved with volunteering, just like programmers.
and yes accessibility is a huge factor of this. getting design and product-oriented people involved means software becomes accessible to more people
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@TodePond@mas.to FOSS engineers at the very concept of UX:
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@yaxu strongly disagree! there are huge incentives for designers and product people to get involved with volunteering, just like programmers.
and yes accessibility is a huge factor of this. getting design and product-oriented people involved means software becomes accessible to more people
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@TodePond this is true in many fields
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@yaxu strongly disagree! there are huge incentives for designers and product people to get involved with volunteering, just like programmers.
and yes accessibility is a huge factor of this. getting design and product-oriented people involved means software becomes accessible to more people
@TodePond what are the incentives?
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