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minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62arrow-down2·3 days agoIt’s usually actually the other way around in my experience Anything that has the label “pro” or “enterprise” suuuuuucks, is badly designed, full of bugs… take the open source app, and it just works
minus-squareBigDiction@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·3 days agoThere’s just so much more opportunity for feedback, use case stories, and a variety of perspectives in open source development. Good enterprise development does all those things as well, but there is always a bigger barrier to the user when you have to design behind a curtain.
minus-squaremadcaesar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·3 days agoI’m pretty sure it’s not lack of user feedback. It’s MBAs deciding the user is wrong and unprofitable, therefore better add more tracking and ads.
minus-squarenamarupa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoExactly. These companies have more feedback than they could ever parse. They only listen if said feedback results in loss of profit.
minus-squareCtrlAltDyeet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoYup, and not just ads. At one of my jobs at a SECURITY company the bugs are considered a liability. Features were prioritised, vulnerabilities be damned. After that experience I doubt most proprietary software is more secure than open source
minus-squareBoomkop3@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoCorporate apps do tend to have game breaking bugs fixed sooner, while some open source apps just don’t
It’s usually actually the other way around in my experience
Anything that has the label “pro” or “enterprise” suuuuuucks, is badly designed, full of bugs… take the open source app, and it just works
There’s just so much more opportunity for feedback, use case stories, and a variety of perspectives in open source development.
Good enterprise development does all those things as well, but there is always a bigger barrier to the user when you have to design behind a curtain.
I’m pretty sure it’s not lack of user feedback. It’s MBAs deciding the user is wrong and unprofitable, therefore better add more tracking and ads.
Exactly. These companies have more feedback than they could ever parse. They only listen if said feedback results in loss of profit.
Yup, and not just ads. At one of my jobs at a SECURITY company the bugs are considered a liability. Features were prioritised, vulnerabilities be damned.
After that experience I doubt most proprietary software is more secure than open source
Corporate apps do tend to have game breaking bugs fixed sooner, while some open source apps just don’t