• piracysails@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    I mean their opinions are welcome but it is also lunacy to expect casual users to maintain or setup keepass+syncthing.

    They fail to realize that these news are welcome and can only positively benefit open source projects.

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      5 months ago

      Seems elitist to say people can’t get two apps. Surprised to see this called lunacy, so it’s good I commented to see this response.

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        5 months ago

        I don’t think it’s downloading apps that is hard necessarily, but there are a few big barriers getting in the way for casual users to run a self-hosted FOSS solution:

        • seeing a problem with their current way of doing things
        • knowing other options exist
        • having the confidence to feel like setup won’t be a headache, or that maintenance won’t be a problem with their non-tech background

        I think its pretty understandable that a normal person would preference “one simple app” than a DIY 2 app system when you consider the above.