Comment on Self-hosting is having a moment. Ethan Sholly knows why.

• EvilCartyen@feddit.dk ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Well, yes, most people want computers to be unnoticable and boring. I agree, we need more boring tech that just does a job and doesn’t bother us. That said, plenty of people find self-hosting to be fun - your SO and mine excepted, of course.

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  • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    most people want computers to be unnoticable and boring. I agree, we need more boring tech

    professional UI designers don’t seem to agree. they always feel the urge to come up with the next worst design

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    • aksdb@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      For me it’s not even about better or worse, but about different. For them it’s a nice iteration after many years, but for be it is one of the dozens of apps I use irregularly that suddenly behaves and works different and forces me to relearn things I don’t have any gain from. Since each of the different apps get that treatment every once in a while, I end up having to adjust all the damn time for something else.

      I would really like we could go back to functional applications being sold as is without forced updates. I do not need constant changes all the time. WinAmp hasn’t changed in 20 years and still does exactly what it is supposed to. I could probably spin up an old MS Word 2000 and it would work just like it did 20 years ago.

      Many modern apps however change constantly. No wonder they all lean towards subscriptions if they “have to” work on it all the time. But I, as a user, don’t even want that. I want to buy the thing that does what it’s supposed to and then I want it to stay that way.

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  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My SO watches free tier youtube.

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    • AustralianSimon@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Nothing wrong with that on ad block. Intro them to pipepipe.

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      • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        She refuses to use pipepipe. IDK why.

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• lud@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Sure, but did your SO set up home assistant?

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  • jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No. They just want to buy an Apple home thingy 🥹

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    • lud@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah that kinda enforces their point.

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