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might be a form of Jevons Paradox (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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[–] Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 14 hours ago

How am I gatekeeping?

I am not telling anyone to use Linux in anyway or to not use it in anyway. I am just pointing out that the average user wants a pretty/convenient gui and not the most efficient tool. That isn't bad. I don't want to eat some weird mixture of nutrients because it is optimal, I want to eat food that I enjoy eating.

I am calling out the weird focus on efficiency of software when the average user wants a good user experience. The user's desire is not good nor bad, they just highlights that focusing on criticising efficiency of software is a strange thing to do, if the customer desires something else. It is like complaining that grindr is lacking heterosexual people.