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[Lebowski]

@Elliot

You could ask about a specific thing to say that you’re not sure about or about a thing you think is not allowed but would be good.

I think this post would not be allowed, but I’m not sure:

Elliot's Microblogging

I don’t know about chess software specifically. But something I’ve noticed in general is tons of software and service development focus and effort has shifted away from empowering the user to do what they want and then (maybe) charging the user for that value. Instead, tons of effort now seems to go into nudging, dark-patterning, de-featuring, and outright coercing users into doing what you (the developer or, more often, the developer’s big-tech employer) want them to do so as to generate as mu…

It’s the kind of thing I enjoy writing here, but I don’t see an immediate connection to CF.