alt Hacker NewsTo what end? Pleasing a few nerds? Nerds that are just as likely to have ripped out the OTA modem or not be using a car like that.
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We used to just do things because it was the right thing to do, or out of pride for what we were making, or sometimes just to be better than the other guy.
That everything has to be about profit is a lot of what's wrong these days. And yes, bitching about this on a YC-owned forum is just as silly as bitching about nerds here, I'm aware.
Post them by the coffee machine in the dealership waiting room.
Why would they read the updates then?
It is genuinely lost on me why tech nerds specifically have a hard time grasping the idea that they are not the only people that matter. That sometimes, someone will know that something will upset computer nerds, and will still do the thing, because they see it as worth it overall.
Like spoilt children. I genuinely don’t know if it’s the decades of SV pandering or what.
MOST OF THE TIME, NOBODY CARES ABOUT YOU. And they’re probably right not to.
What you really mean is that there is very low value to the company in appeasing this minor vocal audience. What you forget is that you are posting on a message board to an overlapping audience.