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As a principle I think it is a good idea to avoid any technically unneccessary coupling of hardware or software to something else that is not strictly user-serv
by basilgohar 3y ago
As a principle I think it is a good idea to avoid any technically unneccessary coupling of hardware or software to something else that is not strictly user-servicing, else the priorities are inverted in favor of the vendor's priorities and not your own.
- CobrastanJorji 3y agoI'm pretty sure the priorities are almost always inverted these days, unnecessary coupling or not.
- bdangubic 3y agoI have been in the industry for the last 25 years and have done more “technically unnecessary” things than there are grains of sand on Earth :)
- waynesonfire 3y agowhy are you smiling about that?
- docmars 3y agoProbably sarcasm because it's likely out of their control due to product & executive demands.
- auselen 3y agoWhy are you serious about that?
- nine_k 3y agoPeople casually doing things that feel slightly evil is... disconcerting. Not going to judge anyone, but also nothing to be happy about.
- zer00eyz 3y agoThere is a point where you learn that everything is some sort of moral compromise. There is always going to be someone ahead of you and someone behind, it means someone is always going to get left out. No system changes that, or makes it better, just different.
- nine_k 3y agoNo system indeed, only your own choices.