I agree with you, but the data does not. These annoyances serve the business's goals really well. It's good to remember that most businesses exist to make money, not to be pleasant to us HN readers.
> It's good to remember that most businesses exist to make money, not to be pleasant to us HN readers.
HN does not have a monopoly on discerning users. We are not special. It would be unrealistic to think the number of people who care about this is but a subset of people who frequent one website.
>> It's good to remember that most businesses exist to make money, not to be pleasant to us HN readers.
> HN does not have a monopoly on discerning users
What he said (or what I understood) is the opposite:
Businesses can and will take advantage of less discerning users and they are in their right to do so because making money is their reason to exist. That's a terrible mindset that dominates the (big)tech/startup sector and the reason for the Great Enshittification. Let's see how far this can go before it collapses.
