Bebo@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoSuper Apps Are Terrible for People—and Great for Companieswww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1166arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: technews
arrow-up1166arrow-down1external-linkSuper Apps Are Terrible for People—and Great for Companieswww.wired.comBebo@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square35fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technews
Apps that offer to “do it all” will subject users to even more exploitation and surveillance, while large tech companies profit.
minus-squareexplodicle@local106.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoAs far as I know, “a program should do one thing and do it well” is unique to the Unix philosophy. In mechanical engineering we have no comparable philosophy for components with weight; twice the moving parts cost twice as much.
As far as I know, “a program should do one thing and do it well” is unique to the Unix philosophy. In mechanical engineering we have no comparable philosophy for components with weight; twice the moving parts cost twice as much.