Software is evolving backwards
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I'm not clicking on what looks like an AI slop YouTube video just to find out why a guy making a video about AI needed to use AI to make the video. Beyond seeing clippy for nostalgia, seeing that it's likely a video about MS I care even less.
If you actually thought it was a video of value, you could have written (or just copy/pasta) a description of the video and why it might be of interest.
I’m not your AI assistant.
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The word you're looking for is "devolving".
It's a reference to "it is evolving, just backwards"
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"Looks like you're writing a letter"
No I'm not, fuck off Clippy.
Turns out we just hadn't coined the term for computer intelligence being wrong as hallucinating yet.
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The word you're looking for is "devolving".
I prefer "enshitification"
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Slava Ukraini
You forgot the second part. And a flashy salute to go with it.
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He admitted that he had to use AI a little bit after a somewhat broken finger.
Doubt. If I can type with one hand while chatting with those hot women in my area, this guy can type with nine fingers.
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Evolving backwards would be returning to ergonomic UIs with clear HIG being followed, having a scriptable variant for every class of applications, and any piece of software, OS UI included, not acting as an advert. Contrasts and colors and bright pictures are not what I need to see while working. It's as if your screwdriver was built in the form of an alien fish dildo, and had a chain of ringing bells. Why is this bullshit considered normal and usual with computer interfaces, I dunno.
And a company's website is its interface to the world, for the user. Not its advert. They've already seen the advert or don't need it if they are on that website! They want to actually use it.
I think you'll find that, sadly, nobody is worse for HIG than software engineers, especially Linux aficionados.
They like their design as unpalatable and shit-lookalike as possible.
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So is my edc to match it lmao.
Phones are locking down and getting harder to get rom and root support and a lot of projects are either giving up or dying.
Welp! Back to the laptop I go! Been carrying it with me everywhere just like I did before I got a smartphone. The only duties my phone needs to do is make calls, answer SMS and RCS and tether.
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Maybe we’ve been pushing way too hard, way too fast into the age of technology being integrated into our every waking moment, bros.
I’m ready to go back to like an iPhone 5 level of technology and Windows 7. Just wish it was realistic.
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It's simple - if your product or platform uses dark patterns, I will not use it. I will even use an inferior platform or product in order to be free to choose how I use my software.
What do you mean by dark patterns?
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And it's always been trash. That's how you know it will always be there in the future too.
It depends. A chatbot is kinda gimmicky, I agree. But stuff like ocr, reverse image seach from current screen, voice to text and probably more can be nicely combined into one assistant app. Google assistant used to come close to that, so did the old Cortana (although not quite as versatile). They didn't reinvent the wheel but they were genuinely convenient.
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"Looks like you're writing a letter"
No I'm not, fuck off Clippy.
Turns out we just hadn't coined the term for computer intelligence being wrong as hallucinating yet.
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The word you're looking for is "devolving".
That would make sense if evolution had a direction. But evolution can favor less complexity just as well as more: it depends on the selective pressures it's under. "Fittest" is not necessarily "best."
This applies metaphorically to marketed products as well as literally to biologiccal systems. It's not inevitable that the marketplace will deliver progress. You might never get that invisible handjob.
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Evolving backwards would be returning to ergonomic UIs with clear HIG being followed, having a scriptable variant for every class of applications, and any piece of software, OS UI included, not acting as an advert. Contrasts and colors and bright pictures are not what I need to see while working. It's as if your screwdriver was built in the form of an alien fish dildo, and had a chain of ringing bells. Why is this bullshit considered normal and usual with computer interfaces, I dunno.
And a company's website is its interface to the world, for the user. Not its advert. They've already seen the advert or don't need it if they are on that website! They want to actually use it.
an alien fish dildo
That sounds intriguing.
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That would make sense if evolution had a direction. But evolution can favor less complexity just as well as more: it depends on the selective pressures it's under. "Fittest" is not necessarily "best."
This applies metaphorically to marketed products as well as literally to biologiccal systems. It's not inevitable that the marketplace will deliver progress. You might never get that invisible handjob.
No devolving makes sense. The natural pressures are causing the user interface to be worse.
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What do you mean by dark patterns?
Design that is in the interest of someone other than the user, intended to coerce or trick the user into behaviors that benefit that non-user at the user's expense.
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So is my edc to match it lmao.
Phones are locking down and getting harder to get rom and root support and a lot of projects are either giving up or dying.
Welp! Back to the laptop I go! Been carrying it with me everywhere just like I did before I got a smartphone. The only duties my phone needs to do is make calls, answer SMS and RCS and tether.
Could’ve said a version of this about every multi-function pocketable device ever made, but they’re still fun
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Design that is in the interest of someone other than the user, intended to coerce or trick the user into behaviors that benefit that non-user at the user's expense.
Examples:
- Microtransactions instead of asking for the price up-front
- Using gambling mechanics in non-gambling games (e.g. loot boxes)
- Eliminating potential stopping points in the user interaction, like e.g. endless scrolling instead of pagination
- Using big, visually engaging buttons for the actions they want the user to perform ("Accept tracking") while using tiny, grey links for the actions they don't want the user to perform ("Reject tracking"), or even worse, hiding the action they don't want the user to perform behind multiple menues.
- Using wording that creates fear or other negative emotions to stop users from performing such actions ("If you cancel your subscription now, you will lose access to this, this, and that. Everything you did will be lost. Do you really want to do that?")
- Disguising ads and other non-organic content as organic content. ("I found this product and it cured my hair loss, my potency issues and made me rich at the same time! ~sponsored ad~")
- Disguising ads as notifications
- Disguising ads as the download button
- Agreeing to do one simple action contains a hidden agreement to a ton of other things
And many more things like that.
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It's not evolving backwards. It's being carefully crafted to turn into exactly what corporations wanted from the beginning but couldn't do due to technical and legal limitations.
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Maybe we’ve been pushing way too hard, way too fast into the age of technology being integrated into our every waking moment, bros.
I’m ready to go back to like an iPhone 5 level of technology and Windows 7. Just wish it was realistic.
24/7 connectivity was a mistake. I miss that brief window when we had cheap supercomputers in our pockets, but data was still expensive.
