[rapind]

It's open source, not a product. You're coming off as entitled, and he can die on whatever hill he wants to die on. You can fork it, and even submit a PR that would do something like click a button to continue anyways (on a smaller resolution).

[mushyhammer]

Maybe rude but not entitled. Nobody here cares about the product specifically, but it’s shooting itself in the foot and saying it’s a feature; that doesn’t sit well with many.

https://xkcd.com/386/

[monkey_monkey]

Incredibly entitled actually.

> Nobody here cares about the product specifically,

Citation needed.

> but it’s shooting itself in the foot and saying it’s a feature; that doesn’t sit well with many.

That's their problem, no one else's.

[InitialBP]

They don't mean literally nobody cares about the product, just that this conversation isn't necessarily related directly to the product but more about design in general. My original point is just that it's a design that locks people into using the app with a very specific medium and it locks people out of accessing it on another medium with no details about why.

That's a pattern that most people would agree they don't like and my comment is meant to be a criticism of that.

> That's their problem, no one else's.

It was posted in a public forum for discussion, is it really wrong to critique or praise the product in this setting?

[mushyhammer]

Nah you’re wrong on all counts. If a product makes bad decisions and then the author posts it on HN what do they expect exactly?