Cory Doctorow on Nostr: Apps - and other technologies that are locked down so their users can be locked in - ...
Apps - and other technologies that are locked down so their users can be locked in - are the height of technological arrogance. They embody a belief that users are to be told, not heard. If a user wants to do something that the designer didn't anticipate, that's the user's fault:
https://www.wired.com/2010/06/iphone-4-holding-it-wrong/21/
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