Björkus "No time_t to Die" Dorkus

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Björkus "No time_t to Die" Dorkus @ThePhD8/25/2024, 12:00 AM

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Björkus "No time_t to Die" Dorkus @ThePhD8/19/2024, 2:15 AM

Oh. Right. This is how it feels raw, actually.

I used a modded Foobar2000 for so long that being forced to use the base one on MacOS has taught me how fucking garbage it is.

I am so sick of OSS software, lmao.

Björkus "No time_t to Die" Dorkus @ThePhD8/19/2024, 12:49 PM

Since I keep getting the comment "it's not OSS/FOSS"

Yes. Foobar2000 itself isn't OSS, it just happens to depend heavily on mods that are FOSS/OSS and get uploaded to its component repository. Whether Foobar2000 is OSS or not was not the point I was trying to make: it was that people ship an honestly dogshit base product and then expect mods/OSS/etc. to clean it up and make it actually usable.

Foobar2000 is unusable at its base. Being forced to use that base because my platform is woefully unsupported -- even if I could hack up all the OSS mods with the available Foobar2000 SDK -- means I get to experience all the shit I was able to patch away through the power of OSS. I would rather pay for software developed by people competent to do the job than whatever zombie amalgamation I keep getting from OSS/FOSS offerings.

GoatyGoats.com/links (she 🐯)@goaty8/23/2024, 2:42 PM

Björkus "No time_t to Die" Dorkus @ThePhD8/25/2024, 12:00 AM

I hate reductive shit like this

Because my problem was that the FOSS/OSS was taken AWAY from me by going to an unsupported platform after my supported platforms fucking DIED, forcing me to take the backup machine and make it usable! I didn't delete all my mods and then go "MAN I HATE FOSS/OSS"! I was crippled because I went somewhere without it, and said "Yeah it sucks that I built my life around things that can't go with me when shit goes sideways!"

Fuck you.

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Saphire Lattice❄️🌙@magenta-luna8/19/2024, 3:38 AM

Okay that's a mood

Very rare is the OSS software where UX is at all uh. Considered and worked on?

And I imagine even stuff like blender and krita struggle to wrangle the beast because of both the sheer "but it is fine for me!" and the difficulty of actually changing anything...

izzy @bruxisma8/19/2024, 6:20 AM

I thought Foobar2000 was closed source and windows only except for an Android Mobile version?

Björkus "No time_t to Die" Dorkus @ThePhD8/19/2024, 12:50 PM

It's available for more platforms than that (MacOS, etc.), but I wasn't clear about the issue I have with Foobar, so here's a followup: https://cohost.org/ThePhD/post/7353487-since-i-keep-getting

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tertu marybig @tertu8/19/2024, 1:03 PM

base foobar is even worse on mac for some reason. i can get away with using base foobar on windows, but not on mac.

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Misty @dog8/25/2024, 12:06 AM

I’m sorry, you’ve really attracted a lot of people being rude to you

@Longinus8/25/2024, 12:21 AM

I was crippled because I went somewhere without it, and said "Yeah it sucks that I built my life around things that can't go with me when shit goes sideways!"

This is not what you said. Not sure if 4D sarcasm.

Björkus "No time_t to Die" Dorkus @ThePhD8/25/2024, 2:53 AM

This isn't 4D sarcasm, it's exactly what I said. It's right there in the fucking post.

Foobar2000 is unusable at its base. Being forced to use that base because my platform is woefully unsupported -- even if I could hack up all the OSS mods with the available Foobar2000 SDK -- means I get to experience all the shit I was able to patch away through the power of OSS. I would rather pay for software developed by people competent to do the job than whatever zombie amalgamation I keep getting from OSS/FOSS offerings.

Being able to mod my shit made me comfortable when I settled into that, and made it brittle to exactly this problem: I went somewhere I couldn't build it anymore. If I just got something at its base that wasn't dogshit, I wouldn't be here. This is my fault, no (F)OSS's fault, and me being sick of (F)OSS has NOTHING to do with it being anybody's fault, and if you and everyone else want to be fucking content-brained about my PC dying than you can take a fucking hike.