Re: Why is Qt Creator so terrible? Its not terrible. But I've heard the same complaint a lot in the last few years, and more recently since I've been back. Noticed this year old post but I felt I should explain this, since I had a moment to do so:
People keep wandering into the bleeding edge newest-and-latest versions and expect them to be finished products. They don't realize that unlike other companies who hide all their new products until they have undergone tons of internal testing, and have an army of people dedicated to IDE sugaring (honestly makes it "bloatier"), but here we have just what we need, and, we get to come and help on the new stuff too.
I will admit it doesn't have everything the million-dollar-god-company versions do. But that's just it, it isn't about whether something is "free" anymore. We've actually been paying for all that android software and just don't know it: These companies are so large they envelop services that make them all the