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Re:Tell HN: A Conversation Needs to Be Had over Subscription... by hunter-gatherer on Friday January 21, 2022 @07:18AM (#30022402)
Your point needs more attention IMO. Most updates for most software don't add usability or convenience for the end user. The way conversational rhetoric with my family and friends seems to have transitioned from "wow, these computers are cool! This will really help with x" to complete frustration.
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Re:Tell HN: A Conversation Needs to Be Had over Subscription... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday January 21, 2022 @08:03AM (#30022879)
Jonathan Blow posted something a while back I thought was interesting: type "frustrating" into Google image search. Notice anything about the results?

https://www.google.com/search?q=frustrating&tbm=isch

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Re:Tell HN: A Conversation Needs to Be Had over Subscription... by AlanYx on Friday January 21, 2022 @12:53PM (#30027194)
Yes -- and subscriptions in some sense may worsen this problem, in that subscriptions create an incentive towards ongoing interface and feature churn, to create a notional justification for ongoing revenue.
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