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This observation prompted by using a simple, single-purpose electronic tool that rocks it like it's the 1980s again—in other words, it does just one thing and does it well without hand-holding and interruptions and attempting to rope you into a conversation with an amorous customer relations database.
wandering.shop/@cstross/113809

The Sealion cartoon from Wondermark. A couple are driving in their steam car when one of them mentions sealions. The ensuing dialog … 

Woman: I DON'T MIND MOST MARINE MAMMALS. BUT SEA LIONS?
I COULD DO WITHOUT SEA LIONS.

Man: DON'T SAY THAT OUT LOUD!

Sealion (appearing suddenly): I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CIVIL CONVERSATION ABOUT YOUR STATEMENT.
PARDON ME, I COULDN'T HELP BUT OVERHEAR...

Man: NOW YOU'VE DONE IT

Woman (to sealion): GO AWAY

Sealion (at dinner table): THERE'S NO NEED TO RAISE YOUR VOICE, I'M RIGHT HERE.
 
I'M JUSTCURIOUS IF YOU HAVE ANY SOURCES TO BACK UP YOUR OPINION?


Woman (in bed): YOU'RE IN MY HOUSE

Sealion (in bedroom): YOU MADE A STATEMENT IN PUBLIC FOR ALL TO HEAR. ARE YOU UNABLE TO DEFEND THE STATEMENTS YOU MAKE? OR SIMPLY UNWILLING TO HAVE A REASONED DISCUSSION?
The Wandering ShopCharlie Stross (@cstross@wandering.shop)Attached: 1 image Most tech these days, and especially most software and operating systems, are guilty of persistent sealioning. Good tools don't sealion their owners.
Bruno Nicoletti

@cstross Where is the monetisation and growth potential in that? Gotta get your user base to upsell crap to as well as mine their data, otherwise your VCs will be grumpy. The Silicon Valley model for tech funding directly leads to enshitification, take that money and you have to get on that bandwagon. SaaS businesses also helps drive that, as custom acquisition is the key metric, not customer satisfaction.

And thank you for pointing me to iA Writer, an excellent single purpose tool, for now.