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Re:Spotify was down by l30n4da5 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @02:43PM (#30605519)
> then waste their revenue on SV dev salaries

wouldnt really call that a waste if those devs are producing meaningful features and/or fixing bugs.

devs work on the features they are told to, they don't direct what features get put in place or even how those features should behave in UX, most of the time.

seems more a design and/or project management failure, to me.

Re:Spotify was down by AitchEmArsey on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @04:43PM (#30607522)
I'd say if those people are not being utilized to improve the product, then yes it is a waste - who is to blame for the waste is a different matter, but management is the obvious place to look.
Re:Spotify was down by vimacs2 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @06:51PM (#30609047)
Considering how shit their cents per listen rates are in recent years, they should honestly be trying to compensate the artists they host more than their devs at this point. I've cancelled my sub largely because of this fact.