The so called "worse is better philosophy" in software is true in a much, much broader sense with social networkshttps://twitter.com/BootlegGirl/status/1291153646495903746 …
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Please educate me about the "worse is better" philosophy
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Replying to @eigenvectrix
In general terms it's saying that if there's by difference between what makes software *actually better for the user* and what makes it *easier and cheaper to get everyone to start using*, and there always is, then whoever prioritizes the second one wins
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Replying to @arthur_affect @eigenvectrix
It's simple logic but it's very depressing It's why we can't have nice things
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Replying to @arthur_affect @eigenvectrix
And this was an argument people had way back in the 70s, too, when the issues they were talking about were very mild and quaint compared to the ones we have now
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