Comment on Why is UI design backsliding?
Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works 11 hours agoThis is so true of so many companies nowadays. The fact of the matter is that the big leaps in profit/efficiency/effectivness have basically all happened in most of these industries and so often people are pressed to make these sweeping changes because there isn’t any real way to improve on a system like this.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 hours ago
Reading Ed Zitron’s coverage of the Google antitrust cases is pretty eye opening.
Mostly because it says basically what you just said: we’ve already reached pretty much peak efficiency in these forms, and since they can’t bleed out more money via “efficiency” they’re now leaning towards “How many customers can I piss off while increasing ad interactions by 1%?” As Zitron points out, they’re literally chasing tiny percentage points of growth through “how many people can we piss off and still grow?” instead of offering anything new and useful. It’s just “we’re entrenched, so why would we try anything risky at all ever?” all the way down.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Corpos are down voting you because their butts hurt. You are right.
sandalbucket@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
I love Ed. He is a fantastic writer.