Software does not have to be “the absolute perfect thing imaginable” to avoid sharing your search data, or to install its own security updates promptly. Many imperfect programs exist that manage both those feats.
“Disrespectful to all the effort of countless individuals” is a noble effort fallacy. History demonstrates that masses of people can put great effort into bad things.
Finally, referring to pollution, crowding, oppression, and inequality in this discussion is a fallacy of worse problems. The existence of those problems does not mean that fallow software freedom is a problem unworthy of improving. And comparative advantage means that software development may, in fact, be the best possible use of Matthew’s time.
—mpt (similarly finding that Dreamwidth doesn’t recognize Launchpad’s OpenID)
Perfection, effort, and things beside software aren’t relevant here
“Disrespectful to all the effort of countless individuals” is a noble effort fallacy. History demonstrates that masses of people can put great effort into bad things.
Finally, referring to pollution, crowding, oppression, and inequality in this discussion is a fallacy of worse problems. The existence of those problems does not mean that fallow software freedom is a problem unworthy of improving. And comparative advantage means that software development may, in fact, be the best possible use of Matthew’s time.
—mpt (similarly finding that Dreamwidth doesn’t recognize Launchpad’s OpenID)