On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 03:14:51PM -0600, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > On Wed, Dec 9, 2020, 5:12 AM <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 10:16:46AM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > > > > > deloptes wrote: > > > > > Your idea is not bad but only in theory of a dreamer. > > > > > > tomas@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > Your life would be miserable weren't it for many such "dreamers". > > > > > > The problem i see is that the companies which issue questionable > > > equipment obviously are not paying attention to problems and features > > > of what they sell. > > > > Definitely: everyone should pick her/his fights. I was just expressing > > my (strong) disagreement with such a generalised statement, which doesn't > > pay respect to those who sometimes choose the difficult path, to the > > benefit of us all. > > > > I did not take the original statement to disrespect those who contribute. I did not imply that (nor did I for deloptes, to whom I was responding). I just wanted to point out that we might regard such folks as "dreamers", but we actually need dreamers. > Instead I took it as a criticism of background processes in our society and > economy: mass-marketing and lack-of-choice (ineffective but enforced > product buy-in, in this case). We are in violent agreement, then :) Cheers - t
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