BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Look, you suggested software that does the job. The issue is not the software, its that your colleagues are being dismissive and disrespectful.
Instead of looking for other alternatives, you need to be more assertive in your job and career. Tell them you offered an option that does the job and if they have better options its on them to offer them. And also tell them you dont appreciate “lol” as a response to a work suggestion.
Scrambling to find an alternative because your work colleagues are too immature or arrogant to get past a animal character really doea not reflect well on you. Instead you can tell them the company can pay to and have their own branding, or they can go with a more expensive option like cloudflare, just because b they can’t be bothered to engage with the cheaper option.
But whatever you do, do not accept this dismissive treatment by your colleagues. You’re just setting the standard that they can just laugh at you and insult you. That is the unprofessional behaviour by them, not some projects mascot. Do not tolerate that BS.
You’ve been perfectly reasonable being argumentative with people here. Apply that attitude to your colleagues who are the real issue.
I don’t think you understand the problem.
I will never put myself in a situation again where I have to explain that it’s not weird to anyone again, same for that URL.
To some people, anubis is weird, there is no changing that. It does the job, the mascot can be changed by paying, but the project itself is weird to some people. Such person is asking, is there an alternative. You cannot just say “push back that is not weird”.
You can, though.
I mean, you can, but this is a variation on the trope of 'FOSS is ugly" that has prevented popular acceptance for decades. The developers absolutely have the right to make their product look however they want, and the furry-lol aesthetic clearly appeals to some people. OP is pointing out that this aesthetic makes it a hard pass in other communities and there’s a market for anubis simply reskinned with a ‘.com’ domain and geometric icon.
If anubis used a swastika instead of a catgirl, would you be so accepting?
It's a harmless way to try and get some money from corporations for unbranded versions. A swastike would not be so harmless. What a batshit crazy analogy attempt.
Ridiculous strawman in the last sentence. A pic of a furry anime character is completely innocuous, and the only thing stopping acceptance is intolerance. There really is no need to try to accommodate for the intolerant.
shifting9810@lemmy.mrpostman.ch 1 hour ago
Not sure if you’re joking but the answer isn’t “lol” it’s “.lol?” because the tld of the website ends in lol (anubis.techaro.lol)