← Back to context Comment by mips_avatar 2 months ago The employees inside really wanted to build this. The company decided not to. 2 comments mips_avatar Reply blastersyndrome 2 months ago I'm not so sure about that. If Microsoft actually removed all the cruft, then they would need around 5% of the employees currently working on it. They'd all be unemployed. mips_avatar 2 months ago You’d be surprised how many legitimately want to improve the product. This idea that we’re powerless to disobey our incentives is so reductive.
blastersyndrome 2 months ago I'm not so sure about that. If Microsoft actually removed all the cruft, then they would need around 5% of the employees currently working on it. They'd all be unemployed. mips_avatar 2 months ago You’d be surprised how many legitimately want to improve the product. This idea that we’re powerless to disobey our incentives is so reductive.
mips_avatar 2 months ago You’d be surprised how many legitimately want to improve the product. This idea that we’re powerless to disobey our incentives is so reductive.
I'm not so sure about that. If Microsoft actually removed all the cruft, then they would need around 5% of the employees currently working on it. They'd all be unemployed.
You’d be surprised how many legitimately want to improve the product. This idea that we’re powerless to disobey our incentives is so reductive.