1. You love giving your data away
  2. You enjoy being tracked by your operating system
  3. You’re happy when your computer tells you “no”
  4. You prefer someone else deciding what you can run
  5. You feel uncomfortable if you get to have options
  6. You’d rather battle corporate tech support
  7. You’d rather rent your software than own it
  8. You think ads belong on your desktop
  9. You love being lied to about what’s “industry standard”
  10. You like rebooting for every little update
  11. You’re uncomfortable when software is transparent
  12. You think community-made tools can’t be “professional”
  13. You want intrusive AI everywhere, whether it helps or not
  14. You think the command line is only for hackers
  15. You never really wanted your computer to be yours anyway
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[–] 65 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (7 children)

As a long time linux user, antagonizing people who are unsure if the switch is right for them is very clearly a poor interpersonal choice that will not result in the change we wanna see in the world, or more people adopting linux

Fuckin seriously, we can do better than this circle jerk. As someone who cares deeply about software being kinder to people it pains me enormously how much of a dump stat interpersonal skills are for so much of the Foss community

If the authors wanna pat themselves for linux they can do it without creating a unempathetic, condescending, preachy culture that alienates people.

Just call the article "things we love about having switched to linux" so it finds the right audience and its fine, but this shit sucks and its exactly the kind of crap that has made so many of my friends resistant to hearing what I think is good and special about Foss software. They hear me out anyway, but I'd love for it to not be a fucking uphill battle because Foss people routinely emulate the same preachy, condescending, unempathetic interpersonal apprach that everyone bemoans about the worst vegan spaces online

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    I'm really glad it seems like my thoughts have been appreciated, I was kinda mentally preparing myself for people to be unhappy with me

    I find this kind of stuff frustrating enough I needed to edit my first version of the comment cause it was angrier, but I want people to actually hear me out and think about the culture we cultivate in the foss space. It really matters.

    There are so many issues people care about (eg. Software freedom) specifically because we want a world that is kinder to people, and then we act on that value or interest in a way that isn't kind to people. A little empathy goes a looong way

    Thank you for the kind words, I hope you have a lovely day :)

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Your points are valid, and if I saw this on a site like pcmag, medium or whatever, i would totally be on the same page. Still, how many "on the fence" people are likely to be here, on Lemmy, subscribed to a linux forum?

    I chose to take it as snarky humor for the "in crowd". Benefit: keeps my blood pressure manageable.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    My thoughts were more about the article itself than it being posted here. Being an article it could really easily be something that comes up when someone is trying to figure out whether they can make the switch and are doing their research on pros and cons

    I think personally I also just really don't enjoy snarky in-group humor, it feels like it often just fosters resentment for those outside of the ingroup. So I do kinda have a bias in general

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    Im not subscribed to this forum, it appeared on the front page. Dude was right when he said linux users are the vegans of the tech world. I play video games with my friends almost every night, linux would complicate how I stay in touch with the people in my circle.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Point taken. I assure you at least some of us are not going to shame others for choosing something other than Linux. We know it's not simple to switch and get a comfortable environment.

    We're just willing to do the work for various reasons that feel important to us, and will gladly evangelize it gently.

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