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By this kind of logic there is so much bullshit wherever there is consumer choice, and all products should be legislated to be the same, Soviet style.
by crop_rotation 3y ago
By this kind of logic there is so much bullshit wherever there is consumer choice, and all products should be legislated to be the same, Soviet style.
- stardek 3y agoTo a large degree I think this is more true than not. Putting style aside, it's ridiculous that we don't have basic common designs that "just work". I want a kettle and toaster that are expected to work for decades and can be easily repaired if something goes wrong. There are some reasons to differentiate (e.g. I want shoes that work well and last but people have different foot support needs) but in my ideal world we have shared product functionality and slap stylistic preferences on top of that.
- crop_rotation 3y agoThe problem is once you do that that particular design will stop improving fast. e.g what if phones were legislated to all be open to everything and everyone and standardized at Symbian S40.
- sznio 3y agoI'd actually be for it if it was S60.
- kibwen 3y agoPro-consumer stances are literally communism now?
- crop_rotation 3y agoIt is not a pro consumer stance, it is pro power consumer stance, and anti the layperson consumer stance (who arguably deserve more support).
- kibwen 3y agoIncorrect. The layperson will, as they always have, continue using the default app store while remaining blissfully unaware of any alternatives.
- crop_rotation 3y agoExactly, just like how they avoided all those windows malwares by not clicking on untrusted links and not installing random applications.