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  • Every generation feels this.

    I believe the reason that each generation feels this way is the different ways that each generation is exposed to information about current events, wars, etc. and now more than ever with the internet, it’s hard to escape. The internet also makes echo chambers worse than before because not only are they easier to get into, they’re much louder and have more influence.

    As for products, companies are focused on user/subscriber growth more than ever instead of having a good product. The idea is essentially “why have a good product people pay for when you can half ass it and get people to pay”.






  • BoisZoi@lemmy.mltoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlWhich software was ahead of its time?
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    6 months ago

    Opera back in 2000s.

    Compressing webpages, built in mail, built in BitTorrent client, tab stacking, “fit to width” which would remove horizontal scrollbars, page tiling, mouse gestures, rocker gestures, I think it even had a calendar.

    It’s a shame the direction Opera took after Jon left, but thankfully he started Vivaldi which feels like the spiritual successor.