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by rglover 306 days ago
> I'm just concerned that software development is fast becoming pay-to-play / pay-to-win

The people did it to themselves.

Instead of investing time learning these things, people (like always) want to take a shortcut. Big co's are more than willing to take advantage of that laziness and will indefinitely into the future—whether diet pills, AI, or a brain chip that occasionally makes you drool but is 100x more accurate with directions than Google Maps.