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f.lux is just a feature, not a product.

Browsers are just a feature, not a product.

Applications are just a feature, not a product.

Operating systems are just a feature, not a product.

Depending upon your POV, just about everything can be dismissed as "just" a feature.




Well, you can take it to ridiculous levels calling everything "just a feature".

But that doesn't change the fact that some things, like word count or auto-adjusting color temperature, are at the end of the feature-product spectrum, and are better off as "just features".

That doesn't mean someone can't try to sell a dedicated program based on just those things.

But nobody should be surprised if other programs or OSes incorporate the same stuff as merely a feature they offer.


I aggree but was amused to find and actual word count "product": https://github.com/guardian/gu-word-count


That's from the Guardian newspaper -- it's their word count component from their online site that they give the source as open source.


Until f.lux becomes a platform just like browsers, applications (see Photoshop) and operating systems, yeah... it's just a feature.

No one is writing stuff for f.lux.


No, it's an application. Applications aren't necessarily platforms. By your logic, Super Meat Boy is a feature.




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