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My Fitbit Buzzed and I Understood Enshittification (tidyfirst.substack.com)
6 points by dannyrosen 3 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


> Principles.

> “Don’t put buttons where they’ll be accidentally pressed.”

Principles have to be deeper. Tesla keeps removing buttons due to principles (best button is no button)


TLDR: Product management goal mis-alignment can create annoying ux.

Counterpoint: People often forget to start their trackers. A "looks like your exercising" notification might be legitimately valuable for more people than the population for which it is annoying.




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