Comment by voidhorse
2 days ago
I think the "the user doesn't really know what they want" idea has been taken a bit too far.
Basically all applications these days are like this. Rather than assume users are sentient, intelligent beings capable of controlling devices and applications in order to achieve some goal, modern app design seems to be driven by a philosophy which views the operators of applications as imbeciles that require constant hand-holding and who must be given as little control and autonomy as possible. The analog world becomes more appealing every day because of this.
"They" have been working for decades to turn the computer back into a TV. And they've mostly succeeded. People don't use the internet, they consume social media algorithms. And they don't play video games, they watch cut-scenes with animated button clicks in between.