On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 8:11 AM, Dominik George <n...@naturalnet.de> wrote:
> Hi, > > >Speaking of which, as a KDE Telepathy maintainer, I do see quite a > >decline > >in our userbase. One of the reasons I get from users is "does not > >support > >$protocol", where $protocol is often Skype, WhatsApp or Facebook. And > >no, it really doesn't matter to them that they can have calls via XMPP, > >they > >want their Skype contacts cause Skype is The Thing... > > Then I can live perfectly well with them going away and using Skype, > WhatsApp and $protocol. If they want their proprietary crap, so shall it > be, but please do not spoil free software and propagate use of that stuff > for the sake of having a few more users. > You can. I can. Daniel Pocock can. That's 3 of us. Now ask yourself - who are we making this software for? For us 3? Or for the masses out there, hoping that maybe they will see value in using free/open source? Without users, any project is effectively dead. So yes, I will struggle even for the sake of having few more users. Cheers -- Martin Klapetek | KDE Developer
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