Ludovic Courtès
“Flatpak has […] solved the largest technical issue which has held back the mainstream growth and acceptance of Linux on the desktop […] for the past 25 years”
https://discourse.flathub.org/t/flathub-in-2023/3808
One issue it did solve is excess modesty.
Ludovic Courtès
“To make a bigger mark on the world, as a community, we need to get out more.”
Call me an idealist, but that’s not the kind of mark I’d like to make on the world.
Ludovic Courtès
User autonomy & emancipation, building a commons, creating a community of users and developers alike… not part of the plan.
Ludovic Courtès
It’s all seen through the lens of capitalism and economic value.
Goal: increase market share.
Solution: build an Apple/Google-style app store.
Ludovic Courtès
The “Remaining Barriers” section is interesting.
That one has to be in a privileged position to contribute to free software in their spare time is unquestionable.
But how is writing an “app” for a few bucks (unless you’re the lucky one, assuming a Gaussian distribution for app revenue) any different?
Ludovic Courtès
Icing on the cake: “Direct app uploads are close to ready, and they enable exciting stuff like allowing Electron apps to be built outside of flatpak-builder […]”
I’m sure the “OS distributor partners” of @reproducible_builds, Inc., will love that one. 👍
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