Thread: "The Community has decided"
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ragnar is offline ragnar
2010-01-21 , 08:33
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#27
Originally Posted by geneven View Post
So, a majority of users voted that they didn't want the ability to install .deb files easily to be part of the App Manager, where it has been for years.

Let's examine this. --snip--

If all programs were constructed using the same principles, most programs would have practically no features.

In fact, if 20% of people want a feature in a program, that is a pretty good argument for INCLUDING it in a program. 40%, even better.

The point is that what the "majority" wants is irrelevant, and taking a vote on it is a sham because it is meaningless.
I'm not quite I completely follow this logic.

For nearly any feature, you can always find a percentage of users that will say "well why not". "What's the harm?" "I might use this feature one day."

Then basically all polls are either meaningless, or then the result of all polls would always be that a feature is good to have.

Features are not free. Each and every feature is costly to develop and maintain, each and every feature makes it harder and slower to make changes in the future.

I think GA had a really good reply on this particular topic.

It doesn't remove the feature from those users that really need it, but it somewhat hides a command which easily allows you to break your device, i.e. from "the normal users".