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BandanaBug piefed.social BandanaBug@piefed.social
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Handles leminal.space halm@leminal.space
Joined: 2023-10-30
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It's a suite of apps developed by one dude. "List of big tech alternatives" sort of implies a wider selection than a single github repo.

That isn't meant as undue criticism of the dev's work, I use his PDF viewer and I tried a couple of his games. They work.

It's just that most of the "Modern-Apps" aren't interesting to me because there are more mature, also independent alternatives that don't rely on a single maintainer.

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altkey (he\him) lemmy.dbzer0.com altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-02-26
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I find presenting it as a collection of 36 apps does the opposite of what he wants.

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DarkSirrush piefed.ca DarkSirrush@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-06-07
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It's a suite of apps developed by one dude. "List of big tech alternatives" sort of implies a wider selection than a single github repo. That isn't meant as undue criticism of the dev's work, I use his PDF viewer and I tried a couple of his games. They work. It's just that most of the "Modern-Apps" aren't interesting to me because there are more mature, also independent alternatives that don't ...

It also uses a heavy amount of AI assistance, which means its likely not very secure to run anyways.

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Handles leminal.space halm@leminal.space
Joined: 2023-10-30
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It also uses a heavy amount of AI assistance, which means its likely not very secure to run anyways.

Yeah, it's a sign of my general disinterest in most of these that I hadn't even checked whether they're vibe coded.

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