free open source software needs fewer engineers and more designers and product people

[m000gletje@app.wafrn.net]

i see too many fossbros say we should trade convenience for privacy (which honestly starts turning into a buzzword to fire neurons in people's brains), and i just sit there thinking maybe in such an advanced society aspiring to a stable, peaceful and fulfilling life, we shouldn't trade shit one for another

but try telling them that, they'll call you illiterate and lazy for not wanting to be a sysadmin of your own empire

[m000gletje@app.wafrn.net]

tbf if said request comes from someone who actually has the capability and skills to contribute themself that's a reasonable thing to say

but of course that's only a minority of cases where that happens

[m000gletje@app.wafrn.net]

look, i've had my ride with trying to be a sysadmin, sure it's fun to have your own services you can fuck around in without the approval of anyone

but it shouldn't be a necessity and rather something you can get into if you want

actually foss/generally tech nerds should be forced to go outside, touch grass and interact with the normies so they can get off their imaginary selfhosted planet and get a grip on reality

[yaxu@post.lurk.org]

@TodePond I guess without large amount of state funding it's not going to happen, especially from an accessibility standpoint.. Until then I guess we have to make do with people mostly making software for themselves

[todepond@mas.to]

@yaxu strongly disagree! there are huge incentives for designers and product people to get involved with volunteering, just like programmers.

and yes accessibility is a huge factor of this. getting design and product-oriented people involved means software becomes accessible to more people

[gwenthefops@transfem.social]

@TodePond@mas.to and technical writer

[mgclgrl@transfem.social]

@TodePond@mas.to FOSS engineers at the very concept of UX: ​​

[yaxu@post.lurk.org]

@TodePond Fair enough, I should be more optimistic!

[arcade@merveilles.town]

@TodePond this is true in many fields

[flpvsk@mastodon.social]

@TodePond what are the incentives?