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might be a form of Jevons Paradox (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The viability of linux isn't dependent on them though

[–] MoffKalast@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It's dependant on being able to run everything anyone could possibly need. "I don't use it, therfore it is not essential" is the kind of approach that's always made it niche.

Of course Adobe is still missing.

[–] Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

My point was that a list of programs doesn't inherently determine whether or not Linux is a viable operating system, its viability varies based on each users workflow.

[–] piranhaconda@mander.xyz 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Agreed. I wasn't the one that claimed that