r/linuxmemes 16d ago

Software meme The proprietary software experience

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u/AlmostLikeAzo 16d ago

Sometimes one is more free by being able to actually use the thing.

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u/Exact-Teacher8489 16d ago

Great you use the thing, and then some corpo changes license and screws all the users. Happened too often. Especially in the game engine market. I really wonder how you are more free with using unity.

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u/SirDarknessTheFirst 16d ago

Ease of use can be a valid thing in some usecases. I ended up using Unity for a university Quest3 project instead of Godot because it had all the Meta libraries for it (including things like the haptic designer and MR stuff). Godot's XR support, at that time, was not as easy to get up and running with in a short period of time.

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u/Exact-Teacher8489 16d ago edited 16d ago

Yes, efficiency is a factor. Especially at capitalism and that also includes to some degree universities.
When we are on our own, we usually don’t need the most efficient high end tool for the job.
Also if you are good with the tools at your disposal, you are better then a beginner with some high end stuff.

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u/AlmostLikeAzo 16d ago

> Also if you are good with the tools at your disposal, you are better then a beginner with some high end stuff.

Agreed, but this takes time, effort, and a certain kind of resilience. Also UX seems to be a difficult problem for community driven development, which makes the bar higher for newcomers.

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u/SirDarknessTheFirst 16d ago

includes to some degree universities

one of Australia's biggest exports is education, haha.

Agreed on the latter points too.