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by fluxem 1004 days ago
You clearly weren't on reddit. Everyone there will urge you to switch to Godot even though your game is almost finished and Godot doesn't have feature parity.

It reminds me of the linux debate:

- A: I hate Windows telemetry

- B: Then switch to linux. It's as good

- A: But it doesn't have a good video editor.

- B: You should develop your own video editor and share it with the community

- A: Ughh... I just want to edit my videos...

I use linux and love it, but there are users who need Windows or Unity.

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Redditors couldn't even switch off Reddit during their own enshittification. I don't exactly trust their judgement in terms of knowing how to find alternatives. What is the term they use these days? Wolves eating my face?

>I use linux and love it, but there are users who need Windows or Unity.

Need is a strong word, but I will never judge someone on the tools they use (well, not on a personal level. I will judge you if you choose to make a game in Microsoft Powerpoint, you madman). But if you're going to complain about big business and then wonder why you can't find a good alternative when your complaints fall on deaf ears... well, you see why they are still in business.

I've simply shifted my mindset over the years from trying to tear down the evil, and instead build up the good. It's a much more productive way to live much of life in general.

> You should develop your own video editor and share it with the community

Seems like a fun weekend project

We think that a significant advance can be made in one or more of these problems if a carefully selected group of scientists work on it together for a summer
It is probably not on par with the professional video editors and it is not very intuitive to get started, but blender has a build in video editor, that should cover most basic needs.

Otherwise sure, that misguided evangelicalism is hurting trust in open source software, when people claim it is ready, where it isn't.