[ithkuil]

The network effect is so huge it trumps on everything else.

I'd like to use pijul. I can't because I work with other people. Can I use it when I'm not working with other people? Well I can, but why should I care about a tool that better handles merge conflicts if I have nobody to conflict with?

Some tools are more sensible to others to the network effect.

We already are slaves to the network effect even for tools that we don't technically require being the same as the one your colleagues you, let alone those that do require that.

[midenginedcoupe]

Sure. The network effect explains why it's the defacto standard now, but not necessarily how it got there. And, ironically, I use git for all my projects for exactly the same reasons.

Pijul looks interesting though.