Because this f%#n sh*t is jumping at you and is in your way promoting itself and want to configure and engage right away, or start some random item remained there when you in interim loss of your senses tried this crap, every time you press play instead of 8 or 9 by mistake, accidentally! But you don't want to start it, ever, anyway, that's why!
These kind of things backfire very hard. I will never ever use Apple Music whatever products, never. Just like those drawn to this remedy like flies to sugar. They make so shitty and offensive user experience that supporting them by not avoiding the vicinity of it is a crime against humanity! Basically supporting bullying kind of behaviour.
Why not to have a simple way to turn this offensive behaviour off? Nonsense. It is intentionally offensive and forceful! Straight forceful behaviour that needs to be cut down at the sprout! Otherwise it will multiply and suffocate you down the line.
Too much of the product designers adapt this arrogant attitude, Apple is just a (sizeable) drop in the sea!
> someone's KPIs to grow the engineering team to a specific number
Sigh!
Specific numbers!
I believe a more common specific number is the yearly EBITDA or ARR (or some other acronyms in this alley I care zero about to memorize) nowadays, for investor's sake. Like in our company. Since we were acquired - and some time before - the only talk in company meetings are EBITDA, ARR, compared to a number dreamed up by someone and to be reached in 5 years time. Specific financial results in specific timeframe. Our goals are specific numbers being above today's numbers by a chosen margin. The company talk are marketing campaigns and reach, campaign efficiency measurements, pricing strategies, subscription centric licensing, sales strategies, churn, and other slang around customer bullying I also do not care about, also organizational streamlining - what a loaded word! -, bla bla bla, all for the specific sacred number put up on the pedestal.
What we have zero talk about? Functionality, engineering.
I seriously do not understand these people. Why are they fiddling around with selling software in a niche sensitive to global economic fluctuations insted of selling ... I don't know. Shoes? Or better yet sugary water ... no, better is vitamin water ... no, the trendiest is protein water. That is something that needs no balanced functionality and engineering that is laborous so it is resource intensive to achieve. And is in the way of reaching the sacred number put up there. Engineers are in the way towards our goals. We are pulling back the cart! We are cost center now!!
I think this sends a clear message. And the message is this: "Don't work here! You will be f*d! Soon!"
(it also sends clear message to the clients: you will have to suffer through the cheapest to run AI agent in case of troubles, because yes, we care the most about Wall Street guy's income, not anyone else's, we save money on everything else anytime, even when we don't have to)
It feels like it was the most beneficial implementing better decision making mechanics by replacing manager with AI, not lowly folks doing actual value creation.
LLM models have better reasoning abilities than these folks....
They are not as good at building an old boys/girls network though who help each other into positions of power and wealth. Companies within companies...
I think I'd be satisfied enough allowing me not to add credit card to the Apple Wallet, putting away the push from the prime place some way. Or not to have a huge promotion being in the first place when opening it with a 'Get' buttopn being the only one on it.
Today's app makers do not respect users. See them as big milk-cow fan-base, that's it! So they can piss off, I don't care about them either!
When you can’t know the objective truth or when there isn’t one (as is the case in making decisions about security tradeoffs in software design), knowing the source of the argument is vital to interpreting its validity.
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