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      1. Software industry: Sure okay, we concede that our software would be BETTER if we used the platform’s actual GUI toolkit, but if we use a webview thing, we can make software that works good-enough cross-platform! Perfect is the enemy of good, y’know! Same software industry:
        oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
    1. …in reply to @coates
      This “software” (for lack of a better term) doesn’t even go to the trouble of honouring system-wide keyboard shortcuts like cmd-v to paste (but ctrl-v works). Also, I paid them extra money for this because they didn’t include the full hardware-specific software with the hardware.
  1. …in reply to @coates
    …and yet, this machine is *still* not as customer-hostile as their market-leading competitor. It smells bad here. gizmodo.com/cricut-now-wants-users-to-pay-extra-for-unlimited-use-o-1846477745