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> It's like someone complaining that the sun is to bright when they have their cap turned backwards and their shades on top of their head. It's more like you'
by vdqtp3 3y ago
> It's like someone complaining that the sun is to bright when they have their cap turned backwards and their shades on top of their head.
It's more like you're saying that it shouldn't be a problem to require someone to stare directly into the sun because they should have brought eclipse glasses and be fine with using them
- scarface_74 3y agoIf that were the case, 95% of the US population would be going blind. It amazes me how many people are railing against technology while posting on HN...
- zabzonk 3y agoIt amazes me that you cannot seem to realise that many people have problems with the inappropriate uses of technologies.
- scarface_74 3y agoAnd they are free to make choices and accept the inconveniences that come with those choices. I’m sure people complained about those horseless carriages years after cars became mainstream
- zabzonk 3y agowhy do you think that so many people here are proposing that the choices you suggest are toxic? because they are stupid?
- scarface_74 3y agoWell, if you stay in the HN bubble you would think that in normal life, people are complaining that they can't run Linux on AirPods.... But in the real world, smart phone penetration is 95%, including 94$ of the homeless (I posted a citation earlier) > why do you think that so many people here are proposing that the choices you suggest are toxic? People also think that alcohol sales shouldn't happen on Sunday, and all other crazy stuff. I'm simply suggesting that if your choices are out of the society's norms, it's not society's responsibility to make affordances for you.
- zabzonk 3y agosomethings that you don't seem to understand: - this is not entirely about the homeless - this is not entirely about the elderly it is about companies using technology badly - something you either support or can't recognise.
- scarface_74 3y agoIf we made a law forbidding companies from using software badly, every single SaaS business would disappear. > it is about companies using technology badly - something you either support or can't recognise. Would you believe that my wife and I refuse to use American Airlines partially because the app and the website is so bad? I stay away from a lot of services, software and hardware because of a bad user experiences.
- Apocryphon 3y agoPeople are complaining about cars now. Walkable cities and bike lanes are the fashionable wave in urbanism.