Hi @freescholar - Is this a good time to kick off this thread? Why do folks find it not obvious to use free-libre apps and platforms? What do they need to be persuaded of? What combination of the following needs to be addressed . .
- Oh no, not ANOTHER app/interface/browser tab! Not more screen real-estate PLEASE.
- Ditto, No more lerarning-curve, PLEASE.
- Everybody I connect with uses <mainstream, corporate platform/app XYZ>
- Isn’t it less good than branded software? Commercial stuff ‘just works’.
- In my experience free (free beer) software is less slick, or full-functioned, or is glitchy in some way.
- What’s that stuff about my metadata being scraped? Why should I worry if I’m not individually identified? Ru telling me there’s a politics I have to engage with? I don’t have headspace for that, way too abstract.
- Etc?
Others might want to pitch in: @Jonathan @robert.best @MikeG @mnoyes @asimong @jamie