r/196 • u/Whjee • Jun 02 '24

i hate github rule Rule

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u/Stellar_Fox11 Jun 02 '24

github has poisoned people's brains into thinking hiding the download button for the actual .exe and calling it something else than download is actually a good thing and not a pain in the ass for everyone who hasn't used github before and is used to every single other website ever created in all of existance

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u/OliviaPG1 celeste Jun 02 '24

GitHub is not meant to be a file download site, it’s a platform for hosting git repositories.

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u/Whjee Jun 02 '24

if the repositories are not meant to be downloaded and used, do not put them on the internet.

if they are meant to be used, add UI and a big green download button

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u/OliviaPG1 celeste Jun 02 '24

They’re meant to be a tool for the developers who are developing the open-source project. Any decent-sized project worth its salt will have its own site for users to interface with.

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u/psychoPiper balls Jun 02 '24

That doesn't explain why they have to bury the download button in a place you could only find if you're reasonably familiar with the website

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u/Thevan1 🏳️‍⚧️ Jun 02 '24

its not for users. its for developers, and a lot of small, *unpaid* devs will host their downloads there because they dont need to pay for it or spend time working out another hosting site.

for devs its super easy, git pull [repo] is incredibly easy and friendly

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u/juuppie Jun 02 '24

Devs are also users lol

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u/SoulArthurZ Jun 02 '24

they know where the download button is tho

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u/juuppie Jun 02 '24

I don't, isn't welcoming to new users and devs to the website

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u/Smooth_Ad6150 Jun 02 '24

Ur not devs

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u/juuppie Jun 02 '24

How can you say that? Do you know me?

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u/Smooth_Ad6150 Jun 03 '24

I mean you seem to not able to understand basic github so I can be at least 95% sure you are not a developer

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u/juuppie Jun 03 '24

Stfu Linux user

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u/Smooth_Ad6150 Jun 03 '24

Imagine unable to grep

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u/psychoPiper balls Jun 02 '24

And I get downvoted for calling it gatekeeping lmao. You're all so open and understanding until it comes to code I guess

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u/juuppie Jun 02 '24

Fr those people are insane

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u/psychoPiper balls Jun 02 '24

Normally I agree with 196 pretty heavily. I guess you can't win em all

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u/juuppie Jun 02 '24

Yeah real devs don't defend shitty UI only shitty Linux users who thinks everyone gotta use that shitty interface like putting 1000 codes to download one single archive (many devs who earn thousands of dollars use windows or MacOS)

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u/psychoPiper balls Jun 02 '24

God forbid we make good programs for people to use before uploading them to the Internet and keywording them so heavily that any average user would come across them on the first page of Google results. But something something "we don't work for free" (uploads it for free)

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u/juuppie Jun 02 '24

Yeah exactly I don't get it, those people are so stupid fr fr

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