Bluesky 5 years from now
My brother and I both do some hobby digital design, and I get clowned on hard as fuck for using Gimp instead of Photoshop.
I was using a relatively old version of Photoshop around about 2016/2017 and back then at least I was so much happier using gimp, it felt easier and more intuitive even with what I considered to be the more advanced features. I’m guessing photoshop got a lot better then?
no, I suppose not. But falling out of the “norm” is laughable to them. Of course that isn’t just limited to software.
I’ve had it happen several times, actually. Almost unilaterally it’s due to the other party believing that open source means less secure.
They never care to hear evidence otherwise, either.
“Power users” of computers who are not in IT. Architects, mechanics, electricians. Not interested in IT but knowing how to use a computer fluently.
It’s all about polish. That’s how AOL chat rooms lured the masses from BBS, and AIM replaced IRC as the mainstream messaging service back in the late 90s.
Meh, you can only polish a turd so much. I would like to point out that AIM no longer exists but IRC does.
I think what you really mean is marketing. Also, I think you rely on a false equivalency that popular = better.
Yes, but the majority of people that left AIM went to Friendster or MySpace.
You and I obviously have the same preference or we’d be having this conversation on Reddit. I was really just referring to mass appeal versus quality.
IRC might still be around but it is not popular by any means. I just think it is funny it endures. I remember being on Prodigy and AOL forums and chatrooms and then discovering IRC.
IRC is still amazing compared to how simple it really is. I remember making bots and scripts to take over operator and all kinds of shenanigans. Never experienced anything like that on a corporate platform.
I think you are touching on something that could not be summarized by polish and perhaps why I was slightly annoyed when I read it.
I am all for decentralized non-commercial platforms. It is the only future for people like us.
