Scripting News: Thursday, September 14, 2023
Thursday, September 14, 2023 Google is worse than a monopolist. They deliberately destroy technology because it's too empowering for users. # My father liked to say: "When in trouble, when in doubt, run in circles scream and shout." It's originally from The Caine Mutiny , he must've gotten it when he worked at IBM. He was always interested in new ideas, new ways to approach problems. But you never get a new idea when you're freaking about how you need a new idea now. # People who pay Twitter $8 per month should get a certain number of API calls included. Don't charge developers for what the users do. # Users should own their storage # Suppose you're a big company with deep pockets and lots of users. How about offering an identity service for users that includes storage that permitted apps can read and write, where the storage belongs to the user, not the developer. # I'm thinking of AWS or Automattic, as exampl...