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Firstly, chill, it wasn't meant to be personal, sorry if the tone was hostile.
I was addressing you as an avatar of something I see a lot here (perhaps to be expected) and that frustrates me: a well-intentioned, probably very intelligent geek who talks earnestly about something (desktop computing) that I believe is now all but irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. It frustrates me because the irrelevance seems obvious to me - from the stats, from looking around me in everyday life. And because every day we waste talking about desktop OS is a day lost in the already losing battle to save free computing.
PS: I didn't downvote you. I don't downvote, as a matter of principle.
OK and no worries - try not to let your frustration turn into hostility with likely allies and potential converts. BTW, I realize that I do the same when I'm ultra passionate about something and think I'm 100% right so I am aware and struggle at times to retain positivity. It's like a full time job! LOL
I still disagree about the relevancy as clearly outlined in our chat, but I absolutely recognize your perspective (you're largely correct) and the need to push into mobile being paramount. I hope my points about leveraging desktop, gaming, and QoL improvement wins we already have are able to temper your frustration by influencing from another view. I think we largely want the same things here - I guess I'm just cautioning that we should use every lever we have to build FOSS's future even if the "now" is already mobile. Certainly when someone reaches out to this fine community asking a "why" question, giving us all an opportunity to be welcoming and educating. All the best, lemmy friend.
What a generous and thoughtful post.