https://s3kshun8.games/blog/flatpak-won/

This should be mandatory reading for everyone invested in the Linux ecosystem, whether you leave feeling heard by or enraged by the author.
Gabe Newell Is Shitting Yacht Money into Flatpak and You're Still Arguing about Init Systems

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@asie
sorry I quit after the first sentence

@asie to elaborate:

> As a software engineer

very few programmers would qualify as actual engineers, certainly not me

> the most important thing in the universe is your ability to actually get people to experience your work.

No.

If we take "engineer" literally, the most important thing is to prevent your work from putting users in danger. Sometimes that means not releasing your software.

If we ignore the "engineer" part, I still think there's too much software already.