I know people prefer to complain instead of act, but what is something people don’t like but has an alternative?

  • Strae@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Amazon, sort of. It absolutely cannot be beat for convenience. Ordering something in 15 seconds, then having it shipped within 48 hours is unmatchable.

    But if you plan ahead, and aren’t an impulse buyer, you can find alternatives with better products and similar prices. Most stuff on Amazon is absolute junk with clickfarm reviews.

    Ironically Reddit was really good for finding niche websites for whichever product you were looking for. Hopefully Lemmy will reach that point eventually.

  • PeterLinuxer@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    Windows -> GNU/Linux

    KDE/Gnome -> JWM

    TV -> Reading books

    Twitter -> Fediverse

    Coke/Cola -> Tea/infusion

    Amazon -> Local bookshop

      • teawrecks@sopuli.xyz
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        2 years ago

        Both KDE and Gnome can be seen as pretty bloated. They come pre-packaged with a lot of programs and tools that sit around unused, possibly even having corresponding daemons running for no reason.

        For someone who doesn’t want to think about their computer, and just want to know it’s prepared for anything, they may want that. But if they left windows/mac to have a smaller, simpler OS that isn’t wasting CPU cycles or disk space on superfluous stuff, then KDE/Gnome might not suit them.

        Edit: that said, I’ve heard of a lot of alternative DEs/WMs, but I’ve never heard of JWM. I’ve heard good things about Budgie, might also check that out.

    • teawrecks@sopuli.xyz
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      2 years ago

      I’ve used freetaxusa for almost 20 years now. I’m always surprised more people don’t know about it (granted, from the name, it does sound like a total scam).

      Wish we didn’t have to file taxes at all though…we have the technology.

  • ki77erb@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    iPhones. Love my Pixel and I don’t care how much my co-workers bitch about bubble colors.

  • Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    People complain about Banks screwing them over with fees and caring more about investor profits all the time. But few people move their money to credit unions or other co-operatively owned financial institutions. Usually it’s because of some minor inconvenience.