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[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This. Building a random app from source and tracking down its many dependencies is a massive pain in the ass, doubly so on Windows where you have to jump through a ridiculous number of hoops just to install a C compiler.

[–] AProfessional@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

This can be true and still irrelevant. It’s a free git repo host. Binaries are not its main purpose and random users complaints don’t matter.