It looks like what they were trying to convey is apparently that it can be a large time and effort commitment that most people don't have the technical expertise to figure out, which is a fairly reasonable argument in some contexts, but I do not think they conveyed it very well and they're being kind of a dick about it in the replies, so idk. I understand the point, but this is NOT the way to get it across.
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This feels like gossip and I wish that Lemmy would let me mark this post as hidden.
This is just wrong, people stay stuck with propertiary software either out of habit or not wanting to learn new things (Assuming there is alternatives ofc). People who rent often have no other option. People who use propertiary software have other options they just don't care ebough to utilize them.
Or they're forced to by corporate. I can complain endlessly about Outlook but guess what? At the end of the day my ass has to use Outlook.
Eh, sounds like the average person in that he just wants to stick to what is familiar to him. Can't save 'em all
Thats like the exact opposite