@YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems
Post #4335669
2026-08-02 19:51 UTC
I think corporate consolidation is a huge part of it, but I think a lot of software and tech falls into the same trap that a lot of infrastructure projects do: even if everyone uses it, nobody wants to think about it. That general apathy (until it fails catastrophically in a bridge collapse or a major service outage) limits the avenues for feedback on whether software is actually good or not in the same way that people don’t have a lot of feedback on whether a water main is being routed in a reasonable way. It also creates room for grifters who specialize in obfuscating exactly what you’re paying for.
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@CinnasVerses@awful.systems 2026-08-03 18:58
That was a deliberate offer from Big Tech: put aside your old convival systems and let us handle the details. Google deliberately deskilled web search, other companies broke systems administration and software packages that users can understand and edit. The point is that once you don’t understand the details and cannot operate on your own, the big company can do what it likes and you have to take it.