Re:Software Complexity Is Killing Us
by golergka on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @03:43AM
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Your argument would be true if on any given software market there would be around 3 or 4 developers and products.
This is very far from current state of affairs, where for almost every possible kind of software there are a lot of different developers with vastly different products, different designs and ideologies. They may not be as well-known, but they exist in their niche, and you can definitely vote with your wallet for one that looks to your liking.
Extreme example - mobile todo app. I think that one in ten professional developers released one to app store just as part of his portfolio. And users still choose apps with mainstream design, look and feel. If that's not voting with their wallets, what is?
This is very far from current state of affairs, where for almost every possible kind of software there are a lot of different developers with vastly different products, different designs and ideologies. They may not be as well-known, but they exist in their niche, and you can definitely vote with your wallet for one that looks to your liking.
Extreme example - mobile todo app. I think that one in ten professional developers released one to app store just as part of his portfolio. And users still choose apps with mainstream design, look and feel. If that's not voting with their wallets, what is?