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How much of it comes down to whether it’s built to use, or built to sell? Millennia ago someone built the pyramids. Centuries ago someone built castles. Thos
by halfcat 3y ago
How much of it comes down to whether it’s built to use, or built to sell?
Millennia ago someone built the pyramids.
Centuries ago someone built castles.
Those weren’t built to sell.
Today when homes are built they often use cheaper materials. The builder just needs to get them sold.
Most software strikes me as closer to building a cheap house or strip mall, as opposed to something that needs to last for centuries.
- ajmurmann 3y agoIt's much easier to switch chat clients than houses. If people hated their chat clients that much, we'd have"better" ones
- happytoexplain 3y agoYou picked an example of software that is famously not easy to switch. Regardless, "if people didn't like them, there would be a better one" is a confusing stance, unless it wasn't intended literally. There are of course a ton of variables that go into what software gets built, maintained, and distributed. "Is it better than the others" is not even a particularly prominent one, frankly.
- esafak 3y agoYou must be talking about personal chat clients. Surely you don't think changing enterprise chat clients, which don't use standardized protocols, is easier than changing a house? The average employee has no say in the matter.