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Why We Can't Have Nice Software
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this post was submitted on 05 Feb 2024
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Hey, a lot of open source software is really warty too. But you could probably also blame that on capitalism if you tried hard enough :)
Yeah, because being required to a) compete with "capitalist" software and corporations while b) having most developers working only in their free time besides a regular job forced on them by capitalism kind of means capitalism is kind of involved here.
Don't act so smug, you're a hooker just like we all are. We just have the luxury to be somewhat higher class escorts and not crack whores. But we're getting fucked nonetheless.
Software developers are so confusing. You have a physically easy job that pays well and makes people think you're smart. That's almost as good as it gets. "Capitalism" is shoveling investor money down your throats.
Software developers didn't really exist in the USSR, but the computer scientists that did wanted to escape. Most software developers in the Third World now would love to get a huge First World salary. Recognize what you have.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing_in_the_Soviet_Union
also western sanctions