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Absolutely agreed. It is disillusioning. We have become completely consumed by 'TC', Bitcoin, vesting, conversion, SaaS, subscriptions, monetization etc. We ar

Absolutely agreed. It is disillusioning. We have become completely consumed by 'TC', Bitcoin, vesting, conversion, SaaS, subscriptions, monetization etc. We are folding ourselves into an ever smaller bubble and disconnecting from the world we live in. Not unlike the finance industry in the 2000s prior to the crash. It's sad because technology can and does improve so much in the world.

THENATHE 1y ago
The only thing I really don’t agree with is SaaS. There are numerous benefits to the end consumer as long as you phrase your thinking in the right way. Take Adobe, what most people consider to be the most gratuitous SaaS. I want photoshop in 2006, so I buy elements for $100 and get a shitty outdated version for the rest of my life. Or, I spend $8/mo on something that is constantly improving and adding new features, and get other programs too! My workplace uses indesign, illustrator, and photoshop. But because the whole package was made available, we started messing around with premier and after effects and ended up adding a couple of skills to our design repertoire that we never would have fucked around with otherwise. Plus, games that have SaaS last longer. Granted, skins are kinda lame. But think of a game like Helldivers 2, where the “battle pass” is earnable by in game play OR you can skip ahead with money. Great game, option to support the developers leads desire to keep development going instead of abandoning a game right after launch because “their work is done”.