• tissek@sopuli.xyz
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      7 months ago

      Convenient, easy to use, large user base, one point registration for multiple communities, tends to simply just work.

      But is it the best? Nah. And their increased monetisation drives are annoying.

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      It’s good enough and everyone has it and knows it

      I’m not about to even attempt to ask someone in a game if they’ve got matrix because the answer is going to be no

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      I think it’s like Windows and Reddit. People don’t use it because they like or love it, but because most are there. Sometimes the only way to interact with the developers or find new people in an active community.

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      Yeah me either. It spies on your computer, they ban third-party clients. It’s owned by bytedance. When I use the web version it kicks me out every day and I have to log in again.

      I don’t mind it being around but I really hate the way open source projects (e.g. Home Assistant) use it as their only platform for collaboration. The make me give up my data just to collaborate with them on a privacy tool.