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minus-squareolutukko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·11 months agoIt’s not locking behind terminal. It’s just not implementing gui. Which is completely valid since that takes time and effort
minus-squareAeonFelis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoAlso, writing a GUI wrapper for a terminal-only program is much easier than writing a terminal wrapper for a GUI-only program.
minus-squaresoggy_kitty@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-211 months agoAnyone worth any kind of respect writes the API for an application/CTA first and then uses the same API to power the GUI so it can also be used as a CLI tool. Everyone is happy, no elitism or wars.
It’s not locking behind terminal. It’s just not implementing gui. Which is completely valid since that takes time and effort
Also, writing a GUI wrapper for a terminal-only program is much easier than writing a terminal wrapper for a GUI-only program.
Anyone worth any kind of respect writes the API for an application/CTA first and then uses the same API to power the GUI so it can also be used as a CLI tool.
Everyone is happy, no elitism or wars.