[vacri]

GNOME's directions isen't even targeted at the previous userbase anyway

Yes, this is a criticism that has been levelled at them by devs who have left the project: they abandoned their former audience without having a clear idea of who their new audience is.

[snogglethorpe]

To be fair, I think they never had a very clear idea of who their old audience was either ... :]

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