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✨jes✨

ease of use devours the soul! :win3_minesweeper:

i want software i use to feel like my mom’s iron pan. the pan requires skill, care, and understanding. it says “if you learn to use me, i’ll serve you forever. but you have to care.”

the opposite is something like an air fryer. it’s immediately easy to use, but it can never feel as real and human as an iron pan.

i want my tools to require _effort_ from me. i want to have to invest in them a little. otherwise they feel like ghosts.

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✨jes✨

optimizing for ease of use is often consumeristic. the end result is single-use plastic cartridges and disposable appliances.

Julianoë

@j3s and opaque data-hoarding apps for the digital side of things

کواکوما

@j3s > if you learn to use me
Thing is that most modern software almost feels like it's actively hostile to any notion of learning it thanks to constant churn... it doesn't respect your investment in learning it, so to say...

Even the average airfryer is much better than software; at least it doesn't pull the rug out after you learned how to operate it :hehehe:

✨jes✨

@koakuma very true. and the interface doesn’t change all the time, forcing people to relearn constantly

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