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Proton Pass Arrives on Mac and Linux (www.howtogeek.com)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I mean their opinions are welcome but it is also lunacy to expect casual users to maintain or setup keepass+syncthing.

They fail to realize that these news are welcome and can only positively benefit open source projects.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Well said, I couldn't agree more.

[+] autonomoususer -13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Seems elitist to say people can't get two apps. Surprised to see this called lunacy, so it's good I commented to see this response.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

Until someone makes a frontend for syncthing that's significantly dumbed down, it's not elitist.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I don't think it's downloading apps that is hard necessarily, but there are a few big barriers getting in the way for casual users to run a self-hosted FOSS solution:

seeing a problem with their current way of doing things
knowing other options exist
having the confidence to feel like setup won't be a headache, or that maintenance won't be a problem with their non-tech background

I think its pretty understandable that a normal person would preference "one simple app" than a DIY 2 app system when you consider the above.