TechConnectify@mas.to - Oh my gosh I just figured it out.

Okay, all you open source evangelist people: your knee-jerk reaction to come at people who are talking about a problem with whatever commercial software they use and suggest Your Favorite Alternatives™ is exactly like saying “why don’t you just buy a house?” to someone complaining about their landlord.

TechConnectify@mas.to - Actually, to borrow from @DoubleA, it’s worse than that.

It’s like talking to someone who is in a crappy apartment as though they have the agency and skills to stake out a plot of land and build their own home.

You have to be at peace with the fact that some people just want to exist and not worry about so many things. And they still have a right to complain about their situation.

Link to thread: https://mas.to/@TechConnectify/111539959265152243

  • @AVincentInSpace@pawb.socialEnglish
    0•5 months ago

    When I say to my sister “I will literally buy the house for you, help you move in, and give you my phone number you can call any time you need any help with it” and she comes back with “I’d rather sit here and complain about my landlord” I think I have a right to get angry

    • @Honytawk@lemmy.zip
      0•5 months ago

      Yeah, and that is their opinion, which is as valid as yours.

      They are the ones who will have to use the software day in and out, they should be the ones to decide which software they use.

    • @vivadanang@lemm.eeEnglish
      0•5 months ago

      you have to admit this is one hell of an edge case. the vast majority don’t have your sister’s ‘problem’

        • @MiddledAgedGuy@beehaw.org
          0•5 months ago

          I don’t like helping non-tech people because they don’t want to learn. They just want it fixed. I understand the mindset and I’m that same way on other things. But I don’t want to be their “tech guy”.

          I do like helping in the FOSS community though because people generally do want to learn.