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It has. Apple escaped this cycle. Their software is great. Instead of you being the product, you buy the product. People then just complain the product is expen
by Schiendelman 2y ago
It has. Apple escaped this cycle. Their software is great. Instead of you being the product, you buy the product. People then just complain the product is expensive. On this website, I roll my eyes.
- lostlogin 2y agoI want nice things, zero cost and complete privacy without adverts. Why is this so hard? /s
- account42 2y agoIt's pretty easy actually - most open source software fits the bill. Quality software can be pretty cheap to make per user. The only problem is services where hosting costs need to be paid somehow and network effects mean that for-profit competition will win the market even if the product is inevitably enshittified. Doesn't matter how good your open and community funded event platform is if Apple and Facebook can afford to shove their solution in front of everyone you want to interact with.
- Schiendelman 2y agoWhat open source software is a "nice thing"? We're talking about high quality user experience here. I don't think it's controversial to say that's vanishingly rare in OSS.
- account42 2y agoActually it's proprietary software that's more likely to be full of anti-patterns and flows designed in the interest of the corporation rather than the user while advanced functionality is missing because it might confuse the lowest common denominator user. Looking flashy and retard-safe design does not make a high quality user experience.
- StressedDev 2y agoAgreed - If you want good products, you should support the people who create them. That means paying. If you want a privacy destroying enshitified product, keep using "free" products.
- bluSCALE4 2y agoThis isn't so simple. I love a lot of apps but I'm not willing to pay a monthly or yearly sub. I'll give you $5-$250 but I won't give you $5 a month.
- Schiendelman 2y agoWell then you won't get maintenance or support. People need to eat long-term, not just once.
- rchaud 2y agoApple stuff has always been expensive, and never once has Apple justified raising the price because they're 'privacy friendly'. Apple has a multi-billion dollar ads business. You are still the product, even if the execution isn't as brazenly anti-consumer as Google and Facebook.
- Our_Benefactors 2y ago> never once has Apple justified raising the price because they're 'privacy friendly'. No, but they have made privacy a key selling point of their platform and communicated that clearly to customers. Just because they never have formally stated “oh and by the way this increases the price of our products by X/unit”, doesn’t mean that feature isn’t included in the cost.