Sure, there were/are still some bits and pieces of hardware support missing, but the overall experience rivaled or exceeded what you could get on most x86 laptops.
But then also came the entitled users. This time, it wasn’t about stealing games, it was about features. “When is Thunderbolt coming?” “Asahi is useless to me until I can use monitors over USB-C” “The battery life sucks compared to macOS” (nobody ever complained when compared to x86 laptops…) “I can’t even check my CPU temperature” (yes, I seriously got that one).
I assume he meant Linux on x86 laptops, where I can confirm battery life is atrocious and support for random display things is also pretty bad. My laptop still wont do more than 30 Hz over HDMI (works fine with DisplayPort though).
Making a feature request is one thing but complaining isn’t helpful especially when they’re working on other things. It’s not like they’re sitting on their asses doing nothing.
You think complainers cease to exist when the software becomes paid? You only need to look at gamers to find a very vocal bunch of angry people in that crowd. This is true for any enthusiast space.
A common fault is to believe only those who can do have the vision to see what should be done. Sometimes they’re even right. You can hear complaints of shortcomings or you can hear suggestions for how to improve a product. And, especially in a volunteer role, you can choose if you want to do it or not.
Marcan pretty clearly isn’t saying that feature requests wore him down. He’s saying that people saying “what you’ve built so far isn’t useful” wore him down.
(Plus, your original analogy about parents and children is completely lost by now.)
how many levels of dissonance is that?
I assume he meant Linux on x86 laptops, where I can confirm battery life is atrocious and support for random display things is also pretty bad. My laptop still wont do more than 30 Hz over HDMI (works fine with DisplayPort though).
The bit you quoted from the post explicitly said “most x86 laptops”, not “all”.
even if he wrote “half”, he would still be wrong, and still suffering from multiple levels of dissonance.
I do get the irony, but I also do get where he’s coming from about users always asking for more.
And? I want more than my parents had. I want my kids to have more than me. How do you think that is going to happen?
Making a feature request is one thing but complaining isn’t helpful especially when they’re working on other things. It’s not like they’re sitting on their asses doing nothing.
Presumably by people like Marcan working to make it happen, rather than by random people complaining it’s not already done.
You think complainers cease to exist when the software becomes paid? You only need to look at gamers to find a very vocal bunch of angry people in that crowd. This is true for any enthusiast space.
Not sure if this was intended as a response to me?
A common fault is to believe only those who can do have the vision to see what should be done. Sometimes they’re even right. You can hear complaints of shortcomings or you can hear suggestions for how to improve a product. And, especially in a volunteer role, you can choose if you want to do it or not.
Marcan pretty clearly isn’t saying that feature requests wore him down. He’s saying that people saying “what you’ve built so far isn’t useful” wore him down.
(Plus, your original analogy about parents and children is completely lost by now.)