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> If your project becomes better it will naturally gain more attention and be more inclusive

Unfortunately, things don't really work this way. Maybe for niche software with a handful of users, but once a piece of software has gained enough traction it can be very hard to convince users to switch to a fork, it's not enough to just "be better".

This post sounds like it was written more out of spite than anything else.




Might be out of spite. But I wouldn't dismiss the idea. This sounds like redirected to the people who wants a certain thing in the app, and non-stop complaining after a WONTFIX under all slightly related tickets.

Rights of the owner has to be respected, even if they're wrong in the eyes of users.




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