> I will not bank with HSBC because their app will not work if you install things from outside the Google App store
I have this requirement too, since I like to use F-Droid.
My point isn't that there are no such users. My point is that product managers in banks don't care about F-Droid users, since there's so few of us that it's not worth them worrying about.
Many websites are giving up Firefox support, and Firefox adoption is much higher than F-Droid.
If a bank app happens to be okay with F-Droid, it's not because they look out for the needs of F-Droid, it's simply by happenstance.
I expect part of the problem here is that it's often not clear what the value of features until it's available to customers.
Even the costs of bloat are unclear. Take his bank website example. Do we really think many bank customers are choosing banks based on their website's latency? Banks compete on things users actually care about, like interest rates or fees.
Lots of software inevitably won't meet our ideal standards, because given the cost of developers it's not worth doing things The Right Way.
Window managers can plausibly already do a lot of what other software can do, yet in practice, popular workflows tend to assume very little from the window manager.
I try to avoid terminal multiplexers in favour of Sway/Emacs/dtach/SSH multiplexing, but I still often reach for tmux.
> Source: this is a description of my own workflow and preferences, so I’m the ultimate authority on the subject, haha.
It's fine to choose your workflow by whatever criteria you decide, but on a post about workflows on a discussion forum, it's reasonable for mvdtnz to continue that discussion and not be laughed at for doing so.
systemd-networkd sets up a LAN interface, which Kea then serves DHCP for.
CoreRAD is about the same thing, but for NDP instead of DHCP.
I could have used systemd-networkd for serving DHCP and NDP, but prefer to use separate modular privilege-separated deamons, especially if I get memory safety too.
OpenWRT is pretty great at offering features and security for consumer devices. Glad to see a release!
I used it for a while, but after I've had it for a few months, and want to improve/diagnose something, I can't easily tell which config I've changed from defaults, and so can't easily diagnose how I might have screwed it up, or predict how changes will impact the rest of the system.
I moved my router to NixOS, where I can now see the ~250 config that covers the custom setup needed for my ISP/LAN.
If asked, I'd still recommend OpenWRT for most techies, since it's easier to get started.
> as a working parent I might only have 30 minutes here or there where I’m able to play. When I get back to a game after a couple of weeks off, I can’t remember what I was doing, or what the controls are. It’s just not fun.
+1, I fall into this category. It's tough.
But is it a problem for the gaming industry? How many sales can they expect from the time poor?
I manage to still play, by choosing conceptually simple games (puzzle, platformer, sports, GTA, some FPS), and playing on the Steam Deck. Portability + instant resume works well for this.