@mrchrisadams @bert_hubert @randahl it is possible they loose the interest, after under-investing in proper training and support of the staff, and return to the Microsoft 365 #subscription

But at least they try!

Otherwise I feel like a part of the branding and marketing of the big #cloud scalers is to over-promise and under-deliver (hey just wait for your software-update in 10 years is ready), something open-source projects can not consciously do.

@tauon @sodiboo @silly @puppygirlhornypost2 ?

I wounder how people could ever accept the "#BenevolentDictatorship" of #Apple.

• I grew up with early android devices that were janky af. #Jailbreaking looked to me like a worse alternative to #rooting because back in the early days of the 1st #iPad there was no way to build #Apps for #iOS without a #Mac & #XCode and a #subscription!

@laprice guess what: The same parties that peddle "#AI" will also upsell the "cure" in the form of #subscription-only #SaaS with steep #Enshittification curve...

• And that is literally the Problem!

@FediFollows or even if tools like @kdenlive ain't fitting, at least consider #OneTimePurchase #CCSS (i.e. #DaVinchiResolve) instead of #enshittified #Subscription-only #SaaS!

@CenTdemeern1 +9001%

• Same reason why #Microsoft doesn't combat #Windows #piracy even when done in broad daylight or in general, because normalizing shitty #CCSS instead of #FLOSS keeps them relevant and in the game.

OFC they gonna axe #Windows & #MicrosoftOffice anyway in favour of #subscription-only #Saas like #XboxGamePass, #Office365 / #Microsoft365 & #Azure because that's where the real margins are, not with #OneTimePurchase products!

@davidrevoy @Ertain @zeppy5d

Yes and no.

#Apple's #iPad makes it easy to test, build and sell #CCSS [commercial closed-source software] at a premium.

• I mean, I'm happy with my #X230Tablet but I do acknowledge this is an old device and it's rather the exception than norm...

Simply because #Wacom makes good passive stylus and pen-capable touchscreens.

• So OFC companies that have the money and resources to build premium #apps will target the premium customers who by virtue ob being able to splash 4 digits on a tablet brand-new will be proven more able to pay for their software.

That's why #Autodesk won't even sell people a #Linux license for #Maya (or any of their other tools) unless one has proof of ownership of a certified workstation (i.e. HP Z-series) with a #RHEL [#RedHat] #Workstation #subscription active to begin with.

• And yes they will run the machine's serial # to check if it's ordered with parts that fit their system requirements from the factory and will demand the same for RHEL. I've been there and had to do that before they even consider offering one a subscription!

Compare that to like #AffinityDesigner on #iOS (or rather "#iPadOS") and the fact that basically all iPad users are expected to have an Apple account and credit card linked to it for the #AppStore and it's no wounder the developers of creative apps will focus on that.

The only exception are #FLOSS #apps that are native to Linux and/or got started on other #Unix Systems [#blender started out on #IRIX as CCSS] and serve #macOS & #Windows as 2nd & 3rd tier platforms [i.e. #darktable oftentimes had no Windows builds because none of the devs had or wanted a Windows machine to test on!]

@mike805 @AAKL @joeo10 OFC that is literally the problem.

• #Mozilla refused to actually consider this anything but perpetual basic income for themselves.

By comparison, @monocles 's #Apps are funded by #subscription of #services which ain't hard-locked to the apps (and vice-versa) so there are ways to fund stuff...

@wolf480pl @cas it's easy...

The reasons one can despise something and the reason one appreciates it can be different.

I.e. I can appreciate #macOS for it's #accessibility right from the #installer but I can #despise it for #Apple not selling it as a commercial #Unix distro for a #subscription

Same with #bash: I can appreciate it for being better than #sh (unix-#shell) , #tcsh or #csh but I despise it for not having modernized like #fish.

• And with fish I appreciate it but I despise it's not the default #shell for any #Linux distro I can use in #production.

It's called having "mixed feelings" or rather #NuancedOpinion.

• Kinda like how every #skiddie and #TechIlliterate can use #Windows but that Windows is shit and the only reason they can is because they got groomed into being #consoomers that accept #enshittification as a fact of life.