I agree with you on the philosophy of open source, and how important it is, but allow me to defend my viewpoint.
As a passionate long time supporter, user and developer of OSS, my reaction was purely based on that "deal with it" quote from TFA.
All software, regardless of its licensing terms, should first and foremost deliver a usable product. The expectation that users of free software (in both meanings of the word "free") are somehow under moral obligation to test the software and report issues to the authors is wrong, just as OSS developers aren't under any obligation to implement specific features or provide support. These freedoms go both ways.
But when a developer takes the hostile stance of prioritizing their QoL over their users', as in TFA, that is the attitude that's hurting users, and the adoption of OSS. I appreciate the effort the Asahi team is making, but this is a toxic attitude that shouldn't be part of any project.
Most of the time, I do take the effort to diagnose issues and report them where appropriate. But as you can see detailed below[1], the issues I experienced were so obvious that I assumed they had already been reported. Given the complexity of an environment like KDE, it would have definitely taken me hours of my time to properly diagnose and report these issues. And sometimes, I just want to get work done, without "dealing with" my machine... The reality is that most users feel this way, so this response shouldn't be surprising.
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I agree with you on the philosophy of open source, and how important it is, but allow me to defend my viewpoint.
As a passionate long time supporter, user and developer of OSS, my reaction was purely based on that "deal with it" quote from TFA.
All software, regardless of its licensing terms, should first and foremost deliver a usable product. The expectation that users of free software (in both meanings of the word "free") are somehow under moral obligation to test the software and report issues to the authors is wrong, just as OSS developers aren't under any obligation to implement specific features or provide support. These freedoms go both ways.
But when a developer takes the hostile stance of prioritizing their QoL over their users', as in TFA, that is the attitude that's hurting users, and the adoption of OSS. I appreciate the effort the Asahi team is making, but this is a toxic attitude that shouldn't be part of any project.
Most of the time, I do take the effort to diagnose issues and report them where appropriate. But as you can see detailed below[1], the issues I experienced were so obvious that I assumed they had already been reported. Given the complexity of an environment like KDE, it would have definitely taken me hours of my time to properly diagnose and report these issues. And sometimes, I just want to get work done, without "dealing with" my machine... The reality is that most users feel this way, so this response shouldn't be surprising.
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35932839