@dotnet @alex @EvilCorp1988 somehow commercial software that's written by whole ass teams of developers manages to be worse
right off the bat there's the huge time sink of purchasing the software, finding the license key/file, and actually acquiring the software, which they make much harder than it needs to be with everything hidden behind a login wall on a dogshit website
HI WELCOME TO OUR SOFTWARE WEBSITE WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ ABOUT OUR COMPANY'S MISSION STATEMENT? HOW ABOUT A MESSAGE FROM OUR CEO ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING AND GEORGE FLOYD? CLICK HERE TO ACCEPT COOKIES, CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR MAILING LIST, HERE'S A SHITTY AI CHAT BOT WE'VE MADE POP OVER THE ENTIRE PAGE TO "HELP" YOU
and then God help you if you ever need support, you can just kiss hours of your day goodbye by the time you make it through the phone queue, read your 37 digit support contract number to 2 different robots and 5 different pajeets