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Enthusiastically agree with the title and content

Except the "these days" part.

Yes, it is getting worse, but having started back in the 1980s, there always seemed to be a developer attitude hostile to the users, and not merely being (mostly legitimately) fed up with having to deal with "pebcac" and "1D10T" errors, but actively designing to manipulate the user.

I also have to ask how much of it is the tendency for organizations as they get larger to almost actively select for the dark triad personality traits in mgt & executives.

Solution? IDK, mine has been to stay independent as possible. Probably leave a lot of money on the table, but retain more sanity.