Comment on Self-Host Weekly (14 August 2026)
irmadlad@lemmy.world 16 hours ago contrarian fence-sitting
I view it as living in reality.
Developers (companies) are not entitled to be free from criticism or backlash for acting shitty.
I didn’t take it as such. Sure, criticize and backlash all you need to feel comfortable again, but at the end of the day, open source dev teams pretty much chart their own course. That also applies the the entire kingdom of software, hardware, etc. Yes, they may lose customers or users, but it’s still their lump of clay to mold as they see fit. If they go tits up because of said rug pulls, then they go tits up. Life will continue and other options will be chosen.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Hmm seems everyone is living in the same reality is you though, so your comment has no substance or meaning other than some weird self-enlightened moral grandstanding.
No, no moral high ground or grandstanding…just reality
Perhaps you missed the part where I said to criticize and backlash all you so desire until it makes you feel better. What I’m pointing out is that, at the end of the day, it’s not your lump of clay to mold even if you disagree with the way it’s being molded.
Did you actually read my comment? Here let me paste the relevant part for this: If they go tits up because of said rug pulls, then they go tits up. Life will continue and other options will be chosen.
So if they reap what they sow and they go tits up because they are a shitty acting company and do all sorts of things to piss you and their customers off, then they go tits up. How much more clear could I be? You are merely a user of their software. You have no other stake in the company. All you can do is voice your opinion loudly, but at the end of the day, that’s all you have and if they choose to ignore your opinion, your bellyaching serves no purpose other than being an ax to grind on your enshitification stone.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
No it’s 100% grandstanding, sorry.
So ultimately you’re adding nothing to the conversation at all. Yes this is the behavior I’m describing lol. VERY reddit behavior.
Ok then bro. As you were.