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"One of the two "slacks" I'm a member of recently got a UI update - and the other didn't." This is because major changes at basically all business software com
by swalling 3y ago
"One of the two "slacks" I'm a member of recently got a UI update - and the other didn't."
This is because major changes at basically all business software companies are rolled out on a team-by-team basis, rather than per user account.
Also note that from the screenshots that he is on Free tier Slack teams in both instances. When you do not pay for a business communication tool, you should not really have expectations of stability or coherence. You're getting a free sample of a product that is meant to be paid for. What he was experiencing was a beta or gradual rollout where Free teams were being used as test subjects to see how the redesign impacts user engagement. If you don't pay for a product, you are the product.
- jujube3 3y agoIn this case, you cannot escape the enshittification by paying. Still not as bad as the "slacksticka" which is their icon now
- swalling 3y agoYou can't escape it, but if you pay for an enterprise plan you typically have huge amounts of advance notice (monthly or quarterly roadmap updates, plus an account team at your service and the ability to demand face time / feedback with the product managers). This makes a big difference to your process of change management in handling redesigns, and influence over even relatively minor UI updates.
- beaugunderson 3y agoas someone who pays for Slack, you could only push out the absolutely godawful recent update to December. this is also the only UI update I'm aware of that had its own change.org petition (with thousands of signers!).
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