loqwe

apparently the spreadsheet the world needs is really a chat app.

> most users don't wan ... so many features

mmm. which features do you want?

and you over there, which features to do you want.

and you, in the corner?

It adds up, doesn't it!

> Is it possible that software is not like anything else, that it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see it as a soap bubble? -- SICP

That was written what, 40 years ago? Fast forward today now computer hardware is meant to be discarded! protocols change, batteries and disks are sealed inside cases, driver software is abandoned to cloud-disabled... a piece of hardware 3 years old is ancient, unsupported, trash.

This is incorrect. Old works are not copyright-locked because the owner can charge for access. Old works are copyright-locked because they compete with new marketable products. If we could watch classic films/music/etc for free, we'd spend less on new films/music/etc

Does it matter who was driving? An Uber company car, involved in testing, ran a red light. That is a demerit to the operation overall.

> was previously smart, frugal, and sensible gets baked in as the norm

I love that smart, frugal, sensible behavior becomes the norm. What could be bad about that?

It's not reassuring to hear that lowly engineers can't access the data, but the axe-grinding execs can.

Then why do the prices keep going up?