yak

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[–] yak@lmy.brx.io 2 points 5 months ago

Seems like the PlayStore team should get wiser to how OSS communities manage software releases. They should be good at this, because, you know, their platform is based on the Linux kernel.

PlayStore should enable Termux community to manage the app name, or at least be able to have a prominent link to an "official" alternative displayed on the PlayStore Termux page.

Obviously something has gone wrong between Fornwall and the rest of the team for this situation to arise. But at first sight this is not an uncommon or surprising situation to arise. I think PlayStore could do better, and Google could support the OSS ecosystem they benefit from better.

[–] yak@lmy.brx.io 17 points 7 months ago

Awesome. Now stick with it!

And remember, different isn't wrong, it's different.

[–] yak@lmy.brx.io 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Procmail for the old school win.

[–] yak@lmy.brx.io 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like this idea so much. The problem is quality control.

Uber Eats here in UK really struggles to delivery an accurate order. And where there is a problem the driver blames the restaurant, the restaurant blames the driver, and Uber or the restaurant (it's frequently not clear where to begin) may or may not issue a refund and perhaps an apology, but that doesn't solve the problem which is you don't have the food you were promised and that you paid for. No one takes responsibility for that.

Who in a decentralised system can or should take responsibility?

Amazon, for all their many faults, claim to be trying to make the most customer-centric company on earth. A lot of their early success came from a stellar returns policy, shouldering responsibility for products they dispatched, as well as excellent prices. Not so much now, but certainly during their incredible retail growth period.

How do you code for that in a federated system? And, if you can, how do you compete in a wider marketplace with an Amazon monolith?

[–] yak@lmy.brx.io 2 points 1 year ago

Oh wow! The Unexpected Keyboard is a very pleasant surprise!

My new default. Thanks for the recommendation!

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