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Why We Can't Have Nice Software (hachyderm.io)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/programming

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Why We Can't Have Nice Software

https://andrewkelley.me/post/why-we-cant-have-nice-software.html

From Andrew R. Kelley, he's the author of the Zig language

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So you're saying, that UIs are only good, if the user of the software pays for it directly, because offering a UI for free (like Instagram) disincentivices making it good, despite the fact that said UI requires a good UX to be even economically viable?

Have you used Microsoft Word, Windows or SAP lately?

Your entire argument sounds more like you really want to believe Atlas Shrugged was a documentary, and not like an analysis.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 9 months ago

Do you twist my word on purpose maybe ?
I wrote:

Most OSS software have UX thats sucks

my point was that software developed without money incentive in mind are not nicer either

And now you say: "So you’re saying, that UIs are only good, if the user of the software pays for it directly".

Can you make a reply without twisting my words in the process ?

Have you used Microsoft Word, Windows or SAP lately?

Yes for the first two.

Your entire argument sounds more like you really want to believe Atlas Shrugged was a documentary, and not like an analysis.

I'm not American, I don't get your references.

PS: On lemmy, "Show context", is a button, not a link, you can't open it in a new tab, you cannot keep the context of what you are writing.
Voting a comment while replying delete what you are writing.