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[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 41 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I mean more in the consumer space, like with word processors, file hosting, and other apps/services

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use OpenOffice and Libre Office on the regular at work.
Sorry, but Word is way way more advanced than both. Both in ease of use and extended feature set.

[–] mriormro@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure there's much of a consumer market for those products. At least not in the self-operated and self-hosted way you might be thinking. I feel like way too many of us here have major blinders on in the way non-experts or non-hobbyists approach a vast majority of technology and technology adjacent subjects.

Speaking as if I were a layman, why would I download and install a word processor when I can just login to gdocs and have it there?

And in regards to enterprise, you'd be hard pressed to find any tech crew willing to stake their career on open source, user facing tools that don't have a robust support structure in place.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 year ago

Costa money to do all that though. That's the challenge. Bring able to fund development while still being open

[–] Z3k3@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gamepass. Get me a solution to that and I'm moving right now.

I tried the cloud app and it demanded I use a controller and not kb/mouse

[–] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Quick question: is steam being extremely slow in inplementing a competitive product to gamepass (I assume they should since recurring revenue and all) or am I on the wrong track?

[–] Z3k3@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't heard of anything from steam that resembles a subscription service.

[–] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Exactly. That’s what baffles me since it’s somewhat low hanging fruit.

[–] Andrew15_5@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you have a minute to talk about our lord and savior Typst? https://typst.app

[–] typst@mastodon.social 1 points 1 year ago

I have been summoned 🕯️

[–] Saprophyte@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Office software - OpenOffice

Free File Hosting - OpenSSH server and Filezilla

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago

OpenOffice? No way... please use/recommend LibreOffice instead as OO is merely on lifesupport now.

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah but things like OpenOffice aren't nearly as popular as Word and the like