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Most software developers in HN are not in it only for the money. Software is an essential part of our modern life: transport, communication, manufacture, finan
by young_unixer 6y ago
Most software developers in HN are not in it only for the money.
Software is an essential part of our modern life: transport, communication, manufacture, finance, etc. depend on software.
At least in those areas, we need reliable software and we need device owners to have control over their devices. We need to have a good software infrastructure if we want to progress as a species.
The current software landscape is bad, and Apple is actively trying to make it worse.
If Apple made game consoles, it would be OK, because game consoles are not essential to our society, but smartphones have become essential to our personal lives.
- gverrilla 6y agowhy do you think game consoles are not essential to our society?
- smolder 6y agoThey don't do anything essential. You could replace them with jigsaw puzzles and we'd be fine and likely better off in many ways, because that's less addictive and less resource intensive, too. We just wouldn't have as much fun.
- young_unixer 6y agoIf tomorrow we wake up unable to play video games, we would be kinda disappointed, but our life would keep going normally (unless you're a game developer). If we wake up unable to access banking, communication or transport, our life would be more or less ruined, for everyone.
- gverrilla 6y agoI think a lot would actually change if we had no videogames. I'm pretty sure suicides and crimes related to mental health would increase. But it's only my opinion - I'm not a researcher.
- smolder 6y agoThat last point is a big problem. When we require people to have smart phones then there is no more privacy from government surveillance. Their authority becomes more absolute, and any fear of populist upheaval is gone.