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Re:“Users want control” is a shoulder shrug by solipsism on Thursday May 09, 2019 @12:45AM (#19865468)
You see it as hubris. I see it as earnestly trying to build amazing things but failing.
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Re:“Users want control” is a shoulder shrug by benj111 on Thursday May 09, 2019 @03:22AM (#19866083)
Are they not functionally equivalent?

I suppose morally there's a difference, but that's just us and our biases.

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Re:“Users want control” is a shoulder shrug by zoeysaurusrex on Thursday May 09, 2019 @01:04AM (#19865554)
I agree with you here. The majority of the people involved are trying to do something good. I’d wager the egomaniacs are a much smaller percentage than those who want to build better things.
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