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Re:The Rise of User-Hostile Software [2021] by dijit on Friday December 23, 2022 @02:10PM (#34109513)
> No. The "developer" is often as much a clueless victim and tool of other forces who misuse her work.

its reductive to assign or reject blame.

“developer” is the same to the user, if its the product manager of the company, QA, the CEO or the person writing the code.

it would be easy for me to point blame on the person writing code for a variety of reasons: because ultimately not pushing back on bad behaviour is making their lives easier, see also: using electron, sticking in all the analytics systems under the sun, using framework du jour, etc.

but i wont; in this context “developer” is the company that produced the software; not the individual: customers do not understand the distinction

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Re:The Rise of User-Hostile Software [2021] by nonrandomstring on Friday December 23, 2022 @02:14PM (#34109569)
I hear you dijit. In speaking to the HN crew I'm hoping that people understand what I mean by developer.

TBH I never actually liked that word and have previously attacked it - or rather us using it about ourselves for the reasons you point to here... it's deflationary.

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