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> I agree. The metaphor for manipulating files, drivers etc has been the pinnacle of the desktop metaphor And yet it has now been abandoned in favor of UNIX st
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 6y ago
> I agree. The metaphor for manipulating files, drivers etc has been the pinnacle of the desktop metaphor
And yet it has now been abandoned in favor of UNIX style "scatter and hide everything, but include an overengineered piece of software to manage it in very limited ways for the user".
I personally think that this is because developers once largely thought of their products as existing to enable users, whereas contemporary developers think of their products as herding or farming users.
- medicineman 6y agoI don't think that is necessarily "UNIX style". Just getting what you pay for with FOSS.
- beervirus 6y agoThe users used to be developers themselves. Now the users are... everyone.