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A similar thing is happening in the music space. For quite a few years, I was happy with Spotify for my streaming needs. Now, thanks to outages, an increasingl
by dont__panic 4y ago
A similar thing is happening in the music space. For quite a few years, I was happy with Spotify for my streaming needs.
Now, thanks to outages, an increasingly crappy app, and a conscious decision to constantly shove podcasts in my face (despite the fact that I am a paying customer for a music service), I've quit Spotify in 2022. At this point it's safe to say that I don't miss it at all.
Growth will be the death of the entire technology sector eventually. It erodes quality services, you can never rely on anything because they'll eventually be mined out for profit.
- clejack 4y agoFor the last few years, a similar thought has been bugging me. You mention the technology sector specifically, but I think your thought could be applied to almost anything. Waking hours in the day, mental stamina, physical stamina, life span, external resources (food, shelter, etc.). All of these things are finite, and they are all required by humans. Most businesses cater towards growth or profit to be more specific. This desire does not have any upper bounds. If the desire for profit exceeds the ability of the current local population, what happens? It seems natural that everything will implode at some point. For the time being everyone puts their heads in the sand and hope that future tech will improve efficiency.