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In a fair society it should be taxed as an externality. There is a real environmental cost associated with software bloat.
by dialamac 6y ago
In a fair society it should be taxed as an externality. There is a real environmental cost associated with software bloat.
- pkalinowski 6y agoPeople pay with electricity, uncomfortable temperature and fan noise, wasting time working on slow apps. Apparently, they trade off still worth it, as many electron apps are popular despite these issues. Many times there is electron app or nothing.
- p_l 6y agoYour last sentence hits the nail - many users don't have a choice in selecting the application, and due to industry fads can't expect to have a better option. I can make a great chat system that uses fast native client, but it won't change the fact that Corporation A paid for a slack license and won't switch to mine.
- hobofan 6y agoThen I hope we would also tax the bad UX of the competing 20-year old Frankenstein applications, which lead to slower business processes (= more resources used as well).
- swiley 6y agoIn a fair society closed software would be illegal and people wouldn’t tolerate this kind of stupidity. No need to hack it with taxes.
- CawCawCaw 6y ago> In a fair society closed software would be illegal What?