[Quarrelsome]

A lot of this is legacy which is why making the argument for change is one about expense. Its about justifying the expense by selling the hot path of the use-case of using technical applications on a phone. Everyone is sunk-cost fallacy here over the potential of mobile use-cases, they're dismissed as a use-case.

I vaguely bought into the idea for a while and now github are like:

> Review PRs and look at code on a mobile form factor

and now I'm like:

> oh, so that use-case is a thing?

I'm terrified some CTO in twenty years time of an org we want to sell it to will instantly shitcan our offering because it doesn't support mobile use-cases. Because mobile is their culture and the reason we don't value it today is _only_ because mobile isn't the culture we grew up with.

[cercatrova]

Well, you gotta follow the market, right? If they want mobile, then you'll have to give them mobile, lest they not buy from you. What is terrifying about that, except for not wanting to change?

[Quarrelsome]

> What is terrifying about that

Being a dinosaur and seeing a big fiery thing in the sky. Thinking maybe it'd be better to get a bit of a head start on that mammal business. But its hard to make that business case, isn't it? Thankfully this news makes it easier I guess.

[paulryanrogers]

Mobile apps are the mammals, i.e. the future?

[Quarrelsome]

ye, possibly. Perhaps when everyone starts out on phone/tablet then desktops will be seen as old and archaic. I mean its a silly example but I never see people in sci-fi sit down with a mouse and keyboard. Perhaps new generations will force in new ergonomic standards?