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The upgrade treadmill
Sadly, there are two ways tech companies make money. They either blast you with commercials (ads) or get paid for upgrades. In the latter case, they must find ways to either entice you to upgrade or force you. Many of us are OK with the features we currently have so that means the tech company must force us to upgrade. They do that by making our current situation not function properly anymore. For most of us, we prefer to not upgrade. Upgrading takes time and…
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Technolgy is complex and getting worse
Despite claims that a product is “easy to use”, the progression continues to make ever more complicated user interfaces and solutions. Re-use and business to business (B2B) integrations provide layers of complexity that befuddle the best of us. Additionally, there’s huge financial incentive in the industry to change the way things are done in order to justify upgrades or subscriptions. None of these things is likely to change anytime soon. Consolidating all of this complexity into a simple explanation is difficult yet necessary as most…