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by Confiks 2431 days ago
This comment is so beautifully in-character for the thread, and completely fulfills OPs characterization of people that "do indeed seem to spend a disproportionate amount of time bickering about which popular apps best fulfill their purity tests".
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If they didn't care about software they'd just use whatever came pre installed on their computer
We are here because we are deeply interested the software that we're using. If one group of programs does something that tends to suck, then we're going to call it out.
Just remember, you get what you pay for.
To be honest I spent at best 3 minutes writing that post; compared to the time I put in FOSS projects...