That’s my feeling too.

And I’ll keep surporting them financially whether they get there or not.

But the whole “users act entitled by [insert basic feature]” leads me to believe other issues are clouding Martin’s judgement.

It’s a really wonderful project and it’s great to see the rest of the team deciding to use this event to build an even more resilient organization.

Have it on my M1 MacBook Air and the experience is solid. Sad to see one of the original crew gone. Reading his blog makes it sound like he’s burned out again - it was sad to read both for him and also sad because his perspective of the user base is also oddly skewed. He was surprised users wanted better battery life? That’s one of major selling point of the hardware platform. Surprised users wanted external display support? “Can’t you just be happy with what I gave you?” Bit of a strange take that makes me think he probably needs a long break away from something that’s become both too personal and toxic. I’m saying this because I’ve been there and can empathize.

But hey - grateful this project exists. It means Apple Silicon Macs have a much more open future.

I think my point was missed. I was using “I” but my writing was a user story.

I’m talking about why adoption for fediverse platforms falters - especially for those coming from very slick, big money, apps with a whole team or teams focused on on-boarding.

IE. It’s not a user-centric experience (yet) - but we also don’t need teams focused on onboarding. Just small tweaks.

Like a lot of fediverse experiences - the initial need to pick a server is deeply problematic for new users.

Why pick one server over the other? How do get I, (pretending) as someone with no idea about the fediverse, get informed about this choice.

If I take a gamble, then I can’t log in using my mastodon account. Then the login fails with others.

I was happy to persevere, my partner not so much.

The thing is that picking a sever is kind of neat but it’s so tech-centric at the moment when it should be community-centric. A quick blurb about the community and their vibe/ideology would go a long way. Maybe a quick preview of some random content? Instead we’re playing a guessing game with a url.

But hey, it’s early days and these things will improve because we can all pitch in to help be the change.

I read the article. It’s not huge on details, but it sounds like an exec, somehow unaware of the exploitative nature of the business, extrapolated that a living wage equated to a slippery slope of luxury living arrangements.

I’m deeply disappointed the world probably won’t see UBI in my lifetime; we need it now more than ever for everyone.

The disconnect between the have-lots and everyone else is increasingly wild.