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> When/why did that happen? There's no money in making a thing that works well, only in making things that look good. Effectively 100% of people who are using
by kibwen 3y ago
> When/why did that happen?
There's no money in making a thing that works well, only in making things that look good. Effectively 100% of people who are using software are using it for things that fundamentally don't matter, so why should they care if the functionality is shit? Personal computers and phones are fashion statements, not useful devices. Business computers and phones exist to facilitate the bullshit jobs that employ the majority of the white-collar population. Follow the money; nobody with money cares.
- qznc 3y agoIn other words: Make something people want. Ignore what people need.
- rezonant 3y agoMaybe a bit cynical and hyperbolic, but the point is good. I'd boil it down further and say it's a focus on short term gains over long term gains. If the pan flashes, that's a win, full stop. When the pan stops flashing and people don't want to use your software because it's confusing, that doesn't matter because they can just flash another pan.
- wolletd 3y ago> There's no money in making a thing that works well, only in making things that look good. I work in a company building vending machines and such and it's the other way around here. Most products are shipped with a pretty mediocre UI because it just isn't valued. The software has to run the machine, vend products to people and don't eat their money.
- tnolet 3y ago> There's no money in making a thing that works well, only in making things that look good Amazon, AWS, Salesforce and anything Oracle entered the chat. More seriously, I think it really depends. People will use and pay large amounts of cash for stuff that solves there problem and does not have a fancy looking UI.