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[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think you mean a different idiom than "a gift horse in the mouth"

[–] dgdft@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

What’s wrong with it? Seems like the right metaphor.

People are complaining about the minutiae of something they’ve been given freely and don’t have to use.

[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 3 points 2 weeks ago

"Looking a gift horse in the mouth" means that you've received a gift of some kind, but you're giving it too much scrutiny. It kind of shows the giver of the gift that you're not really appreciative of it - sometimes it's better to smile and nod and thank them for the gift, and scrutinize it later.

I guess what you mean is that Lutris is the gift, but my first reading was that the opportunity to chastise a developer for using AI was the gift.