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FOSS tends to treat aesthetics like developers complain executives treat software quality: This doesn't help me. Why does it matter? Why should I care? I see no difference.

Improving either is an uphill battle when decision makers don't value the work, at best, or at worst are committed to resistance. And you don't even get paid.

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Yep often they don't see aesthetics/usability as a feature, and sometimes even have a grudge against it.

For example, Blender pre-v2.8, many many flamewars belittling people who wanted something usable, akin to calling them shallow/superficial Untermensch who "don't understand" Blender's supposedly genius but strange design choices at that time.

I suppose that's why most aren't capable of making a product and are relegated to being an employee or unpaid open source employee.

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