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Re:If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big th... by notpachet on Monday November 15, 2021 @04:05PM (#29232744)
I worked with a developer at <household ecommerce company> whose main claim to fame was that she'd deleted more features than she'd added. We need more people like her.
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Re:If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big th... by jjoonathan on Monday November 15, 2021 @04:35PM (#29233095)
eBay has deleted a lot of features that made my life better. There was no replacement -- things just suck more, now.
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Re:If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big th... by mixmastamyk on Monday November 15, 2021 @05:27PM (#29233711)
Delete code yes, features only if obnoxious.
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Re:If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big th... by CamperBob2 on Monday November 15, 2021 @04:52PM (#29233290)
What? No. Not if people used those features and found them valuable.
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Re:If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big th... by notpachet on Monday November 15, 2021 @05:56PM (#29234050)
You're right. Dead or dying features that were bloating up the rest of the codebase, I should say.
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Re:If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big th... by chrisdhoover on Monday November 15, 2021 @09:34PM (#29236030)
I made a career of fixing broken things.
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