On: In 2023 Organic Maps got its first million users

[satvikpendem]

Let's be honest, the average user will not do this. In fact, this comment reminds me of the infamous Dropbox one which suggested a similar failure of UX.

[JeremyNT → satvikpendem]

But organic maps users will never be average users!

The average user is sticking with the default Apple or Google offerings, not looking for privacy respecting, FOSS, fully offline alternatives.

[satvikpendem → JeremyNT]

This attitude is why open source userland applications' UX is so bad. Sure, people who use them are not average, but everyone appreciates good UX, even within the constraints of being "privacy respecting, FOSS, fully offline."

[solarman5000 → satvikpendem]

I'm OK if Organic Maps isn't designed for the average ignorant user. I've been using it for over a year now and its great, don't need it ruined so a bunch of casuals can download it

[pydry → satvikpendem]

Saving a file is not beyond the average user.

[satvikpendem → pydry]

I'm not sure about that, Google Maps and many other apps these days now autosave such that the average user today likely doesn't save anything manually anymore. But even still, I have the same question as the sibling above [0], what is the proposed workflow for saving such a file?

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38748346

[pydry → satvikpendem]

Autosave to file. Sync file to $backup.

I already do this with as many apps as I can.

[satvikpendem → pydry]

Now if only the app itself can do this for me so that I don't have to do it myself, which was my original point.