Well, thinking like that is how you end up
with software that won't do what you want, or
features that you love being dropped, or
documents you need that you can't access any
more.
It's all in how you look at it. Short term
thinking makes people think current convenience
is all there is. But in the long term, you
are better off with Free Software, because you
always have options that no one can drop, change,
or block to deny you.
So caring about freedom leads to long term
satisfaction. But for it to work, you have to
care enough to put up with some short term
frustrations, sometimes, even a lesser experience
while people work on things. But in the long
term, you get there reliably.
Short term, well, you see Google Reader dropped,
just as one example. You see iTunes changed
whenever Apple feels like it, maybe in ways you
don't much like. I saw a Windows 8 laptop today,
and if I was a Microsoft person, I'd be totally
confused by it, and that would really annoy me.
You don't get asked what you'd like, and clearly
no one asked for Windows 8. It's Microsoft
strategy for reasons that eventually we'll understand,
but meanwhile frankly it's awful. I totally get
now why sales are so low.
But if I don't like something in Fedora, I can
change it. Any FOSS you can. Don't like the icons?
Change them. Design your own if you want to, or
others offer them. It's just so different, and
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