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The productivity improvement is negative because of how much of everything is now a "product" instead of just a tool. Whenever you open something, especially af
by grishka 2y ago
The productivity improvement is negative because of how much of everything is now a "product" instead of just a tool. Whenever you open something, especially after not using it for a while, you're met with an obstacle course of in-your-face modals and popovers about new features that you don't give a shit about.
Software used to let you get your job done more efficiently. Installing a new app and learning to use it felt like discovering a superpower. Now it feels like a chore. Now it feels like computers don't serve people any more, but the other way around.
- notsydonia 2y agoThis! Rather than focusing on a robust, bug-free "it just works" product - the original Steve Jobs vision embodied in late 90s/early 2000s Apple advertising, the offerings are desktop computers with hundreds of "cool" things you can do, like we're all teenagers. And once you click away all the pop-ups and disable the unwanted features, you're left with software that has a bug in it that's precisely the same as three versions ago. As for Apple Intelligence, I think I am really weird but when I am trying to find 'the answer' to something, I find the research process super informative and always get fresh ideas or new, peripheral input as I go.
- DamnInteresting 2y agoAgreed, I strongly dislike this trend of "new feature tours" on application startup. When I launch an application it's because I have a task I need to complete, and these dumb popups just step in the way and slow me down.