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Re:Users don't care about your app's complexity by aristofun on Thursday January 22, 2026 @07:24AM (#46718341)
They hate but still use it. Is a more accurate statement.

Often because of lack of better alternatives or out of inertia.

Majority of UX of software products we use every day range from awful (ad platforms for example) to mediocre (WhatsApp). But we don’t know any better.

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Re:Users don't care about your app's complexity by Fh_ on Thursday January 22, 2026 @01:40PM (#46723407)
SMS/RCS is arguably better and simpler yet not as popular.
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Re:Users don't care about your app's complexity by aristofun on Thursday January 22, 2026 @10:34PM (#46728083)
If you consider sms better than whatsapp you obviously don’t know any better which supports my point :)
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