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Is it accurate to say that better technology, and by extension fewer limitations, has created worse software and contributed to the enshittification of the internet?
@SteelWool yes, developers often aim for loft system requirements out of touch with reality when the majority of users are two or more generation of devices behind
@SteelWool well to go back on a kneejerk reaction, that's what's happening in software development in general
web enshittification has more to do how the web is now a profit driven space above everything
both bad things not exactly related to one another
@SteelWool the media loves sensationalist headlines and bullshit inventions are easier to spot because a lot of people rip others off of it, but that's it
we backend developers often say we know we are doing our job well when nobody notices we are there, and the same thing applies to tech itself