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by prepend 1455 days ago
It is ad supported, not free. So there’s a commercial quality expectation. Am I “entitled” if I don’t like a tv show on broadcast tv even though it has ads?

Also, even truly free/oss software has an expectation of quality. And saying “I don’t like it and won’t use it” isn’t being entitled. It’s just a normal human response.

If I’m in a museum and look at a painting and remark to my friends “I don’t like that painting and I won’t buy a print. In fact there are so many paintings in this museum, I don’t think I’ll return.” Am I being entitled?

I think it’s pretty authoritarian to call out people expressing reasonable opinions as if they are “entitled.”

As a reader I’m happy to know that feedly’s free product sucks. That’s very helpful to me. I’m glad OP shared their idea and I hope that people gatekeeping won’t stop OP and others like them from sharing more useful ideas.

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Am I “entitled” if I don’t like a tv show on broadcast tv even though it has ads?

Did you watch it for nearly ten years, then make an indignant post ranting about all its flaws because you were tired of ads for the blu-trays or whatever?

I think it’s pretty authoritarian to call out people expressing reasonable opinions as if they are “entitled.”

You've picked a bad time in history to be so badly confused on what "authoritarian" means.