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  1. Comment on Presenting... PrizeForge: a novel crowdfunding model for sustainable open-source and fighting enshittification in ~tech

    omid
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    Good products can be profitable, but you can always count on products delivered by for-profits to enshittify.

    Good products can be profitable, but you can always count on products delivered by for-profits to enshittify.

    6 votes

  2. Comment on Presenting... PrizeForge: a novel crowdfunding model for sustainable open-source and fighting enshittification in ~tech

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    I find it odd how preemptively defensive this post is. Please reserve judgement, trust me for a few minutes, the website looks sus... doesn't exactly inspire confidence. Nevertheless, I read your...

    I find it odd how preemptively defensive this post is. Please reserve judgement, trust me for a few minutes, the website looks sus... doesn't exactly inspire confidence. Nevertheless, I read your post, watched the linked video, and read their website, trying to understand it all. Their FAQ for some reason also reads as somewhat preemptively defensive...? But generally, their material is hard to understand, and unfortunately, I get some "scrappy web3/crypto startup" vibes from it all.

    The fact that PrizeForge is a for-profit startup is the nail in the coffin for me. Being simultaneously anti-enshittification and for-profit is just hypocrisy.

    That being said the core idea of matching donations is promising. I hope a nonprofit can take this idea and be successful.

    16 votes

  3. Comment on Satisfiers vs maximizers in ~talk

    omid
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    Your confusion probably stems from the fact that the term is actually called satisficer. “Satisficing” is a portmanteau of satisfy and suffice. Sorry not sorry for spell-checking everyone in this...

    Your confusion probably stems from the fact that the term is actually called satisficer. “Satisficing” is a portmanteau of satisfy and suffice.

    Sorry not sorry for spell-checking everyone in this thread :’)

    Wikipedia: Satisficing

    13 votes

  4. Comment on Going Mouseless, Or Using The Computer Without a Physical Mouse in ~comp

    omid
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    It’s a pretty normal thing to do for Mac apps - developers gotta eat too. I paid for an app to limit my laptop charging past a certain percentage and it serves me well. It’s better than having ads...

    It’s a pretty normal thing to do for Mac apps - developers gotta eat too. I paid for an app to limit my laptop charging past a certain percentage and it serves me well. It’s better than having ads served or your data harvested.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~life

    omid
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    As someone who is not on any of those platforms, I enjoyed the light read.

    As someone who is not on any of those platforms, I enjoyed the light read.

    5 votes