I think it can be a vice (laziness) disguised as a virtue (efficiency). Computers and software (like anything) can be beautiful, charming, fun, funny, tragic -

I think it can be a vice (laziness) disguised as a virtue (efficiency). Computers and software (like anything) can be beautiful, charming, fun, funny, tragic - anything we want them to be. It’s not just software though - look at modern architecture, look at furniture, look at cars. Any sort of ornamentation or detail is verboten now. I think it’s the bean-counters’ fault, personally. Any effort/cost to deliver a little something extra would take money out of the wrong people’s pockets, so we do the bare minimum.