RE: https://mastodon.world/@anttipeltola/116232668027347203

“A sense of awe was easier to elicit back in the golden era. Bill Atkinson scrubbed out some pixels with an eraser in MacPaint to thunderous applause. Andy Warhol did a flood fill on an image capture of Debbie Harry, leaving an audience enraptured.”

@jonathonschuler I more wonder if modern slopware is emphasising the wrong features.

Stuff that allows people to do something quickly and reliably is still popular among users, it's just the companies who are trying to make us jump through hoops and paywalls.