Software is shit because we (programmers) don't need to do better. Doing anything is not just about doing that thing, it's also a kind of an optimization probl

Software is shit because we (programmers) don't need to do better. Doing anything is not just about doing that thing, it's also a kind of an optimization problem, quality being just one of the variables. In software, writing whatever on fast machines and huge abstract framework is fast, and gets the job done, which keeps the income flowing, for both the developers and their product managers, managers, etc. The annoyance, or actual grief of the end user is secondary to many other aspects. This is what ended up pushing me into the open source / free software world. As long as I need to deal with shitty software, I'd rather deal with the annoyance of not being cared about, than with the dark pattern galore of the proprietary world.