| Weird argument. I live in the terminal and that means I can speak the same language as agents[0], but I'm human and also enjoy GUIs and TUIs. There is no reason a machine can't be usable by normal people AND make power users happy
I don't know why we believe we're have to fuck over power users. The computer as a machine (which includes your phone) doesn't work without that. The problem is we've been creating walled gardens and saying "power users don't matter, they're a small percentage of users". The percentage of the userbase is a meaningless statistic. It's a proxy for other things (usually revenue).But your power users are the ones who write programs, fix bugs, and do free work that makes your product more valuable. Apple/others would still make money on every app even if they were to stop taking a cut of sales and stop charging money for developer licenses. They make money by selling the fucking hardware and shipping the OS. They create the environment, they create the default base experience. But no one buys a smartphone or computer without installing new software. Being able to do that is the reason these products are do great. That's the real reason Linux is starting to win. Because Microsoft and Apple have lost touch. They got greedy, egotistical[1], and myopic. [0] people keep asking me if it's worth learning now with AI. Bash and terminal knowledge have only become *more* valuable, not less. Think of it this way: do you want a manager with an MBA or one that's been an engineer? [1] Apple is famous for blaming the user and not recognizing the design is bad. "People wouldn't buy it if it was bad". Well guys what? People won't buy it if it's bad AND there's another option. That's the variable that changed: options |