This was my observation with FOSS as well. 
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A lot of FOSS projects seem to think they need to recreate an entire suite in one go instead of just applying the Unix philosophy and doing a handful of things right.
I think a lot of developers fail to recognize how much better things could be just by creating something that removes the bloat.
I’m speaking out of place and mostly as an outside observer from my experience in the startup community- developers tend to fall into the trap of thinking more features = better and that coding a lot = progress.
It’s a tough balance and I don’t blame any for thinking that.
I believe that mentality comes from investors/owners/companies and their "hooli" mindset (silicon valley), if you will. All they care about is their bottom line so in turn they drive their products to squeeze as much in as they possibly can.
You can see the repercussions of this in micro apps and the move to containerized environments. These companies are now experiencing the pains of breaking these applications down to make them reasonable to containerize.
I don't blame anyone from the FOSS community either for trying to follow the standards they see in the industry. Large companies have bastardized a lot of our philosophies and we're starting to see a shift of both users and developers (like yourself) that are sick of it and making the changes we need to make progress back to healthy patterns.
Even in the indie startup space it’s a common issue. Burnout inevitable when they realize that coding alone won’t solve their problems.
It’s a tough lesson.
I cannot but agree. On the other hand, it is fair to aknowledge that usually such projects are developed by a hanful of people each (at most, usually just one hero...) while the "polished" can count on hundreds or even thousends. I mean, Photoshop is definitely more user friendly than Gimp, but have you seen the list of developers? And they blunder at times nonetheless!
Have you seen the online version of photoshop made by one guy?
It's a fair point but also, I am willing to put in the effort of time in return for freedom. Always have, always will. Pretty amazed over the years that OSS exists in every niche, and has seemingly turned the corner to be the defacto software every, single, time. Proprietary software exists mainly by indoctrinating schools with free or low price, then charge more and more.. if you think of software on a global scale it's easy to see that OSS is the only way (unless you expect all software use/development to be a privilege of the rich or turn a blind eye to pirating).
Penpot to the moon 🌙🌝