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josefthe 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
Xerz 💗 [UNMOVED]@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
Albatroz Jeremiasikea effect??? diy or die... is here since a loooong time... 
3200 pawd modem@jk the wikipedia article for the ikea effect says something similar
"The IKEA effect may be said to manifest itself in situations when programmers have been invited to help (without payment) in creating open-source programs and operating systems, such as Linux.[2]"
Thore@jk compiling software is... most a time a real pain... something is always missing and it is exactly _this_ dependencie which is dead and you have to download and compile it from some shady website..
I really love my homebrew which gathers the dependencies for me, compiles it for me, and even listen to my flags.^^
mulrich@jk I see this from a different angle: If you build the software yourself, you know how it works. You know its limits. And you can adapt it to your will as you already know the codebase.
This is comparable to furniture you built on your own. It isn't as good as something from the store or from a carpenter, but it fits your strange kitchen corner and actually has a cutout in the right place for the dishwasher tube.