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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 29 Apr 2019

    The two axioms that explain your experience with devices that contain software (except Teslas): I. It takes extraordinary effort to make software that's not horribly difficult to use. II. Companies whose main focus isn't software don't expend extraordinary effort on it.

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      1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 29 Apr 2019

        Arguably the reason Tesla is an exception is that it is actually a software company.

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      1. Colt‏ @_coltseavers 29 Apr 2019
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        Colt Retweeted Men's Corner

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      1. Scott Burkett‏ @sburkett 29 Apr 2019
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        Case in point, albeit on the desktop: iTunes

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      2. Jim Miller‏ @jamillahhhh 29 Apr 2019
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        As a software person, extraordinary might be too far - but it does take a specific and concerted focus. And it takes design genius. Apple clearly shows the path.

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      3. sashan‏ @sashan16 29 Apr 2019
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        iTunes is trash

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      2. Harshit Dwivedi  🚀 @aftershootco‏ @harshithdwivedi 29 Apr 2019
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        Apple?

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      3. ForIn2020 🌅‏ @ForIn2020 29 Apr 2019
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        They are software and hardware company.

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      1. Matt Wyckhouse‏ @MattWyckhouse 29 Apr 2019
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        This is also exactly why we have so many software & firmware security problems in devices. It’s generally not malice or negligence - it’s already hard enough to ship a device that’s functional and useable, let alone secure.

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      1. Marissa Fitzsimons‏ @marissafitz73 29 Apr 2019
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        The SA Government websites, all of them

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      2. Jack Riminton‏ @jackrim1 29 Apr 2019
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        Do you think this is one of those unknown unknown problems? ie they’re happy with what they’re churning out but have no idea how bad it is

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      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 29 Apr 2019
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        I think so. Steve Jobs just could not have shipped the software in our Audi.

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