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Having to manage all those accounts, installing all that launcher software, and running always on "agents" is anti-consumer. I've found historically with softw
by pureliquidhw 8y ago
Having to manage all those accounts, installing all that launcher software, and running always on "agents" is anti-consumer.
I've found historically with software that the better something works, the more likely it is to get screwed up. Netflix has made browsing a chore, Amazon Video introduced ads, Spotify is getting clunky as they "optimize" the UI, Gmail taking time to load in 2018 when it didn't in 2015, Android requiring root to install an app to prevent album art from replacing your lock-screen background and apps from making obnoxious color choices on notifications.
Ah well, maybe I'm just getting old and people want less robust, clunky software! /rant
- hguant 8y agoI'm absolutely amazed at how bad Gmail has been running lately. Slow to load initially, UI not updating in a timely manner, keyboard shortcuts stuttering - the list goes on. At first I thought this was a browser issue (I run Firefox Nightly), but it's the same in Chrome. It's all very vexing
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- anoncake 8y agoI think part of the problem is that services and clients are coupled together. Imagine there were an official, maintained Spotify API and no official client. Nobody would use (and more importantly, have to use) crap like today's Spotify client.