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Exactly - Removing options and "thinking" for the user removes freedom. I agree that is okay to "hide" options and "think" for the user, as long as those option

• jaxn 9y ago
  Who gets to define the options that are available? Shouldn't the developer of the software get to decide what their software does and doesn't do? You want me to spend money developing and supporting options that I would rather not build & support?
  • 0xF2 9y ago
    The designer in the software team gets to decide what is available. Software that has no design has in itself been designed, but the choices were made by a developer instead. There is nothing inappropriate about one vendor making choices. to continue the Apple example, they make 8 of the reasonably complete smartphones you could choose to buy. If you were forced to buy Apple's phone, that would be another matter, but you get to choose.
  • Qwertious 9y ago
    > Shouldn't the developer of the software get to decide what their software does and doesn't do? You want me to spend money developing and supporting options that I would rather not build & support? In the long term, yes - the customer decides, because it's the customer providing the money. Now, there's the whole "the customer is NOT always right, because the customer is often a clueless moron" problem, but ultimately, it's the customer's money to spend (or not spend).