2y ago

speaking of alternatives, what brand do people hate that actually has a decent alternative?

I know people prefer to complain instead of act, but what is something people don't like but has an alternative?

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iPhones. Love my Pixel and I don't care how much my co-workers bitch about bubble colors.
WhatsApp for me. I hate it but in my country all people use it.
- then just don't use it...
  
  "just don't talk to your friends, bro"
- I've had some success getting people in some social circles in Canada to use Telegram.
Amazon, sort of. It absolutely cannot be beat for convenience. Ordering something in 15 seconds, then having it shipped within 48 hours is unmatchable.
But if you plan ahead, and aren't an impulse buyer, you can find alternatives with better products and similar prices. Most stuff on Amazon is absolute junk with clickfarm reviews.
Ironically Reddit was really good for finding niche websites for whichever product you were looking for. Hopefully Lemmy will reach that point eventually.
- AliExpress is the alternate for Amazon if you can wait a month to get your crap. All the products are exactly the same except £2 instead of £20.
  I wouldn't buy any electronics from AliExpress though.
  
  Every order I've ever made on Ali:
  Me: Place order
  Ali: it will be there in a month
  A few weeks later, Ali: Your order was cancelled.
  Back to Amazon
  But if someone makes a version of Ali that works in the states, Amazon's online store is already a dinosaur and can easily be dominated.
- Ordering something in 15 seconds, then having it shipped within 48 hours is unmatchable
  you mean like online shopping in general?
  
  I assume they mean having it arrive within 48 hours, which is not typical of most online shopping.
Windows -> GNU/Linux
KDE/Gnome -> JWM
TV -> Reading books
Twitter -> Fediverse
Coke/Cola -> Tea/infusion
Amazon -> Local bookshop
- Amazon needs a bit more than bookshops to replace it. Need a whole shopping mall
- Why the KDE hate?
  
  They're using a window manager over a full DE, so it's likely the usual case of preferring minimalism to the very complete desktop environment (which many consider bloated). I'm a window manager person myself, but I've been giving KDE a good honest try for the past couple of weeks. It's definitely very nice if you want the full DE experience.
- People hate KDE? I'll check out JWM, but KDE is incredible.
  
  Both KDE and Gnome can be seen as pretty bloated. They come pre-packaged with a lot of programs and tools that sit around unused, possibly even having corresponding daemons running for no reason.
  For someone who doesn't want to think about their computer, and just want to know it's prepared for anything, they may want that. But if they left windows/mac to have a smaller, simpler OS that isn't wasting CPU cycles or disk space on superfluous stuff, then KDE/Gnome might not suit them.
  Edit: that said, I've heard of a lot of alternative DEs/WMs, but I've never heard of JWM. I've heard good things about Budgie, might also check that out.
- lmfao the 10 downvotes
  
  Some people hate books.
TurboTax. I used freetaxusa this year and I'm never going back.
- I've used freetaxusa for almost 20 years now. I'm always surprised more people don't know about it (granted, from the name, it does sound like a total scam).
  Wish we didn't have to file taxes at all though...we have the technology.
People complain about Banks screwing them over with fees and caring more about investor profits all the time. But few people move their money to credit unions or other co-operatively owned financial institutions. Usually it's because of some minor inconvenience.

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