@calutron Yes, it's a bit unusual to tell people that they don't need software shops, and that they can make their own tools.
Making things seem complex when they are simple, is the best trick of all. It makes for subservient customers who think they need your products.
There seems to be two schools of thoughts:
- One that goes: the more users think alike, the easier they are to market to.
- Another that goes: the more diversely people think, the more resilient a community is.
@neauoire I wonder if it's because software doesn't have easily readable "DIY" signifiers. Like if I see a.....house made out of.....tires... it intuitively reads like a personal vision. I don't think "This person thinks all houses should be made out of tires."