Here's a way to avoid pissing people off.

Before recommending something to someone, ask yourself: would you commit to providing lifelong and unlimited free support to the listener for this software?

If no, then you probably shouldn't be recommending it; likely one of the following is true:
1. the software has too many frustrating rough edges to deal with, and your time is better spent contributing to fix those, or
2. you made a low-effort recommendation that expects high effort from the listener in trying out and investigating the suggestion.

Yes, this applies even when the listener specifically asked for recommendations. And unsolicited recommendations are a whole separate problem.

Yes, there are exceptions to this rule. Unless you can *specifically* argue why a given situation is an exception, it's not.