the solution to the "software being bad" problem is to make all your own software yourself so that you think its good due to the "ikea effect"
maybe actually the "ikea effect" is why people who compile software from source think that its good

@jk actually you may be getting somewhere 🤔

I still find compiling stuff neat to have a sane environment or when you need to do something specific on a package which needs patching or custom flags

@espectalll yeah, i enjoy the feeling of having a "custom software that has this specific feature i need", especially when it's compiling for an unusual architecture. even better when it's an architecture/platform there isn't a binary for