> This is a recurring theme on HN, so I think you all have very good opinions on this topic: why does modern software seem so unpolished, slow, bloated, unprofe

> This is a recurring theme on HN, so I think you all have very good opinions on this topic: why does modern software seem so unpolished, slow, bloated, unprofessional? Major software companies rediscovered that users will tolerate crap, so they've adopted processes and mindsets that serve the company at the expense of the user. Also, in many ways the web sucks compared to native software, and the modern impulse is to web-all-the-things. So what was once a relatively slim desktop app is now some bloated website in a can. The mean is now some shitty website or shitty website in a can. And no matter how good a software company starts out, it's run by businessmen and most of them will push it back towards the mean ("Why are we developing this fast, slim native app? We can reduce duplication and cost by shipping an Electron app that just repackages our web version).