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> The fact that I can't even say, not even approximately, how much material I've archived, is a profound signifier of the design failures and lack of consideration of use-cases. The folks at Pocket seem to have given absolutely no thought to how people might use their product, or benefit by self-directed use. (And it's not as if they've not heard: I've shared this complaint with them multiple times over the past two years.)

This sounds like the sort of thing the Pocket engineer[s] probably understand and desire, but it doesn't fit the vision of some designer who vetoes it and tells the engineer[s] they don't know anything about design and that users don't want to be cluttered with extraneous information and features.

Or maybe I'm just projecting my experiences.



Projecting mine, just replace “engineers” with “designers” and “designers” with “product managers.”


Heh yeah, I guess it might even go all the way to the top.




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