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Regardless of its veracity, that was a painful read. I’m sure Zed could convey his disgust far more forcefully than by repeatedly engaging in prepubescent (and
by avazhi 2y ago
Regardless of its veracity, that was a painful read. I’m sure Zed could convey his disgust far more forcefully than by repeatedly engaging in prepubescent (and intellectually lazy) sarcasm that itself is a straw man of what Apple’s and Microsoft’s employees would even be thinking when making any requests.
This article reflects more poorly on Zed than on the companies he’s trying to criticise.
- pimlottc 2y agoZed being kinda snarky is worse than billion dollar companies asking for free labor? Regardless of how you feel about his tone, what he’s complaining about does happen quite a lot. He has a valid point that’s worth debating.
- avazhi 2y agoI agree it’s a legitimate point and a debate worth having, but rule 1 of any genuine attempt at persuading others is to avoid alienating the very audience you want to persuade (in this case by coming across as jealous and vindictive and thus unreasonable).
- AtlasBarfed 2y agoHow cute. You and I both know that corporations only respond to 1)lawsuits that they lose (and only sometimes) 2) profit motive 3) really bad publicity
- avazhi 2y agoSorry, just to be clear: I assume Zed is trying to convince me and other non-corporations of a particular position. I don’t think Zed is trying to influence any corporations directly, and he’d probably say any attempt to so is a lost cause, whereas influencing consumers as a class is a roundabout way of influencing the corporation because it goes directly to your #2.
- saulpw 2y ago...are you familiar with Zed's work in general? This article is tame by comparison. https://programming-motherfucker.com/ https://programming-motherfucker.com/
- avazhi 2y agoI was not prior to reading the piece (I'd never heard of him). My initial point stands, especially when it comes to convincing people with no dog in the fight (like me), but I can understand how it's at least partly tongue in cheek. In a vacuum it sure seemed spiteful and covetous and for me detracted a lot from what he was saying, hence my initial comment.