Joby (chaotic good)Feb 3

Dear every programmer working on websites and browsers:

I DO NOT WANT TO TRY CHROME.

I DO NOT WANT TO LOG IN WITH MY GOOGLE ACCOUNT.

I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE BACK TO THE DEFAULT.

I DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE MY SEARCH ENGINE TO YOURS.

I DO NOT WANT TO SHARE MY LOCATION.

I DO NOT WANT TO SUBSCRIBE TO ONE SINGLE NEWSLETTER EVER.

I DO NOT WANT NOTIFICATIONS.

LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE.

Show threadDarrenFeb 3
@joby as corollary.. anyone coding a modal dialog with an option "Maybe later" can go to hell....
Show threadJoby (chaotic good)Feb 3
@dplattsf oh yeah. I almost forgot. I also do not want to tell you what I think, or rate you on the app store.
Show threadDarren
@joby The sad thing is that I actually feel some goodwill towards software developers (building software myself) And believe that truly beautiful software thrives on constant user feedback and that if you make it easy for all your users to help you, you can build something beautiful. Nobody is interested in that business model anymore. Sadly the most broken bits of software also not coincidentally have the worst feedback systems. I once tried to report a bug for something in the Microsoft store and it went to the feedback hub and then it broke the feedback hub and then I moved on.
Feb 3 at 5:34pmWeb
Show threadJochen WoltersFeb 3

@dplattsf @joby You can find plenty of small, indie software shops that produce absolutely beautiful software, and listen to their users.

I wish they'd get more publicity in the current debate about #enshittification, and precisely because they “still” _do_ follow that customer-oriented business model that you outline, Darren.

Some companies that come to mind (for the Mac): Red Sweater, Flying Meat (seriously! 😁), Shiny Frog, Panic, Icon Factory, Omni Group, …