Re:The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries
by Karunamon on Friday August 04, 2023 @10:32AM
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Marketing and industry trends play a part in this. There is a big difference between "nobody cares about X at all" and "nobody cares about X enough, in isolation, to base their entire purchasing decision on it"
For instance, Apple tends to drive how mobile phones look and what external features they have even if their changes are objective steps backwards in functionality. People generally liked headphone jacks, but not enough to cut themselves off from flagship devices. There is no way to make an apples-to-apples comparison since usually there are never two devices whose literal only difference is the specific feature under discussion.
Re:The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries
by TylerE on Friday August 04, 2023 @11:00AM
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The liked headphone jacks. Now they like IP68 and Bluetooth.
Re:The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries
by Karunamon on Saturday August 05, 2023 @09:08AM
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These are not mutually exclusive.
Re:The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries
by thaumasiotes on Friday August 04, 2023 @10:53AM
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> They want the magic also won’t pocket oracle to just work
What was this supposed to say?
People don’t care about replaceable batteries and voice calls. They want the magic also won’t pocket oracle to just work with a minimum of gaffing about.
You have to make reach people on what THEY care about, not preach to them about what they should care about. (And yes, I’m self-aware enough to see the inherent irony of this comment.)