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@grote This is utter madness. I don't know how we can push back as users, but we must.

@xgranade I've never met a dedicated Linux user who's "normal" about software.

@xgranade I take it you've been dealing with Linux users?

@instantiatethis

People do know their preferred actuation strength and travel distance - they just don't consciously consider it. There are just some keyboards they like and ones they don't.

@MicroSFF Maybe I'm strange, but I want these billionaires to spend on their vanity projects that are doomed to failure. I want that money out of their hoarding, grubby hands.

@crocodisle @rastilin @pafurijaz If there's an expectation of payment, then the software isn't free.

@rastilin @pafurijaz I don't see a likelihood of users or corporations being willing to pay for open source. If payment changes hands, that's a contract. And I'm sure that everyone wants a contract that protects them from anything that might go wrong.

@pafurijaz Half the point of #FOSS (or more than half, for a lot of people) is the "free as in beer" element. If they were willing to pay for things, they'd be in the Windows or Mac walled gardens. That's just the reality of the situation. Create a tool for everyone, and everyone will use it until they need to pay up.