Comment by brookst
3 months ago
You’re in the minority here.
I get it. I prefer cars with no power steering and few comforts. I write lots of my own small home utility apps.
That’s just not the relationship most people want to have with tech and products.
I don't know what you're basing your 'minority' and 'most people' claims on, but seems highly unlikely.
You think all of these AI companies with trillions of dollars in investment haven’t thought to do market research?
Does that really seem more likely than the idea that the HN population is not representative of the global market?
Apply that logic to any failed startup/company/product that had a lot of investment (there are maaaany) and it should become obvious why it's a very weak and fallacious argument.
A better analogy might be those automated braking systems, that also tend to brake your car randomly btw.
Yeah, I was going to suggest manual vs automatic gear shift. Power steering seems like a slightly odd example, doesn't really remove your control.