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# You don't need to justify your decisions
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2023-06-08
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I often hear people following my blog or just know me for one reason or
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another, and usually it goes something like this:
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> Hello speedie I enjoy reading your blog.
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Thanks!
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> I’m using X nonfree software or Y desktop environment, sorry about that.
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This is the problem. I see far too many people apologize for their choices
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in technology, but I want to make one thing clear. I am not here to judge your
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technology choices. If you want to read my blog on Windows and/or Mac, use
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nonfree programs, hate my software or ideas, or do something else I’m not
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*personally* a fan of then you are 100% free to do so. You don’t need to
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justify your use of software or hardware, that is a personal decision you are
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making. I am not going to make that for you, and while I may not agree with
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your decision, it is not mine to make.
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I may **suggest** replacements for the software you’re using if I believe it’
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s something you would benefit from (such as learning Vim or getting into
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tiling window managers), but I’m never going to force you to use/do something,
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or shame you for using the nonfree software or software I simply don’t
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like. I am also never going to force you to believe the same thing as me, that’s
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idiotic, and the definition of an echo chamber, something I’m very against. I don’t
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want 15 speedie clones, you should have your own ideas, and I should have my own
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ideas. If we agree then we do, if we don’t, then we don’t. I make decisions
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you may find stupid, you make decisions I may find stupid, and if we don’t debate
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each other’s ideas, we lose the ability to think for ourselves.
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That’s not to say it’s harmful to criticize the choices others make, but you need
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to be willing to see both sides of the coin, and like it or not you need to accept
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the choice the other person is making, whether you approve of it or not. That’s
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just a short blog post for today, as I see this far too often, and I think it’s
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important to say this. I’m probably going to talk about Wayland development,
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Wayland libraries, Wayland protocols and Wayland implementations next time now that
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I’ve truly given Wayland development a fighting chance to win me over.
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That’s it for me, have a good day!
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