[–] 15 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Pushing SSL was probably the last big tech effort/push that actually benefited users. Sure it made self hosting a little harder, and probably consolidated some tracking behind bigger players, but overall end users did benefit.

Most of what I see now is purely for their benefit and users don't benefit.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Believe it or not in some ways they are better and more flexible and in other ways they're more limited. Basically they are totally separate situations to the same problem.

    Since they now have the same owner, you've already identified which one is gaining features and fixes.

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  • [–] 34 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    While I agree with this, and I'm not defending skirting regulations, before rideshare apps, taking taxis was an awful experience. At least half the time, if you try to pay with a credit card, the machine was "broken", if you wanted to get a ride at a specific time you had to call ahead and hope that a taxi would show up.

    Rideshsre apps forced regular taxis to up their game and provide better service, some did and now have their own apps.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    I think it could be, but the implication is at issue. It's not like we need to update text books to say Jupiter isn't the biggest planet anymore. It's that we need to update the new versions to show how our improved measuring has allowed us to refine our knowledge.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Same here. It's very smooth. I wish there were a few other customization points, I'd rather use my own weather app than the built in one, and I do, but then end up with different forecasts as they use different sources.

    Minor complaints, but still a little friction that could be solved.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    I mostly agree. It won't replace people directly, but it might let companies do more with fewer developers.

    Not to say they don't need anyone, but maybe they get by with 75 instead of 100 developers? Hard to say where that falls because the outcomes if ai usage are so variable based on skill of operator and the target codebase.

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