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"Options? Less." How so, given that more people are able to write software, and it's easier to create something than ever before? "And when the business dies
by s73ver_ 9y ago
"Options? Less."
How so, given that more people are able to write software, and it's easier to create something than ever before?
"And when the business dies now? Now you're fucked."
How is that any different than before?
- tomc1985 9y agoYou've answered your own question... more people are learning to program, from fewer and more professionally run sources, which preach a gospel that prizes engagement, conversions and ease-of-use, over empowerment, functionality, or choice. Plus, with this larger and more mainstream community, where 'coders' are pulled in off the street with little technical knowledge (let alone passion) who never grokked complex apps anyway, produce what they know. The end result is a sea of gimped, appliance-like 'apps' that do little more than funnel users towards business objectives. And when the business died, their software still ran. Hard-won expertise kept it running. No stupid CEO or developer could stop you, and neither could they pull the rug out from under your feet with a sunset or some other shitty move. You bought your software and that, mercifully, could be the end of your relationship with that publisher.
- s73ver_ 9y agoThis doesn't really address my point. You still haven't explained anything regarding choice, or any of your other points.