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by mindslight
3812 days ago
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There's a social component as well. If a hypothetical user buys a device with a proprietary OS (eg MS, Apple, or stock Android), the blame for any quirks falls squarely on the manufacturer. The user then copes by blaming themselves for buying that manufacturer, not spending enough money, etc. The solution is to simply deal with the quirks until purchasing a replacement thing can be justified. This phenomenon should be readily apparent to anybody who's ever inherited perfectly good hardware from someone who was sick of their computer and just wanted to get a new one. But installing something that the manufacturer didn't supply is a deliberate choice. Any quirks get blamed directly on the changed software, even if there are actually fewer of them. The change becomes the issue. |
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This rings true for me very much this week. Even more fun when there are multiple changes, but rather than examine the situation and determine objectively which change caused a problem, whichever change is the biggest magnet for FUD gets blamed by default.