Not communicating that there are alternatives to their services?
I don’t really think it’s their responsibility to spoon feed alternatives to their customers; they’re not being anticompetitive, they’re not being deceptive, they’re not blocking alternatives.
I think your requirements here are unfair and kind of irrational
The value proposition is ease of use and integration of these theming utilities.
I honestly think this monetisation strategy of theirs is a non-issue.
People who want a streamlined experience have the option of paying for that, people who want the option of doing it all themselves have that opportunity too.
Everyone seems very lukewarm on Infamous Second Son and I found it a really fun time
I don’t think that’s “taking advantage of vulnerable people”
The options still exist for people to learn and theming is incredibly inconsequential.
They’re monetising to support development in a minimally impactful way, that is completely optional, and I think that’s a good thing.
This would work well as a Janet Cactus meme
I’m trying to quit, again
I think Zorin is a pretty solid choice for people with no Linux experience tbh.
It’s at least going to feel familiar
I think it’s pretty arguable that it does.
Not being algorithmically driven, the absence of an incentive for incendiary content goes a lot way to change the tone of the spaces.
Not to mention all the other ways the platform is operationally different from these other for profit platforms.
I’m on tech.lgbt; no one I trust with my data more than queer nerds
Why you lumping Mastodon in with that lot? 🥺
They’ve been known to use it every so often in banners and promo material
Guess what’s owned by Microsoft
Isn’t that every military shooter?
If you’re being perceived a different way than you intend, I find it’s best to simply apologise, explain that what your intention was and clarify what you mean.
It’s not just you that can mistakenly imply, others can mistakenly infer things too; such is the nature of human to human communication. (Considering we’re just a mess of electrical impluses it’s a miracle we can communicate ideas at all tbh)
Just be yourself, apologise and clarify if it comes across incorrectly, learn from the immediate feedback and I feel critically; don’t be trying to keep to guidelines of how you need to behave in a conversation. Be yourself, be in the moment. If you’re trying to micromanage your behaviour in the moment, people will sense that and it’ll put them off.
Just try to lean towards replies that hear the other person and show them kindness, but don’t overthink it on a day to day
Is there a reason you were called a dick? You kind of skimmed over that.
Here’s some go tos:
I wouldn’t touch Meta AI if you paid me
I’m just shocked they pushed it out the door. It’s the only major selling point for the iPhone 16 and yet isn’t available at launch, and even when it does release is going to be relatively useless
I use GPT daily for discussion and pulling apart ideas but the AppleInt doesnt even have that baked in yet.
Apple is trying to make it more generally useful, but it fails at even the basic things genAI is useful for at this point
So what’s your issue then? Zorin has a free version that people can opt for if they want