“The problem with literally any kind of technology getting better right now is we have to evaluate it not just in terms of ‘what does this do for me,’ but also ‘how does this let the company increase its control over me and my life’”
this I think relates to what I consider a fundamental problem with software... that it all depends on running on top of something else. that has the unfortunate side effect of meaning some other entity can control it a lot more easily than traditional products Random House can’t do a damn thing to the books of theirs that I own after I buy them. They’re mine.