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Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps (2025)

162 points · 75 comments · evakhoury

  1. piterrro · · focus · HN ↗
    This whole article is true and to the point but... reality is: most people still don't build their own setups: work, home - most of them follow a sh*tty software or decorate with Ikea. I think this applies only to a small group of users how will be willing to go extra mile and prompt their ideal interface for whatever they need to do.
    1. matheusmoreira · · focus · HN ↗
      The realization that "normal" people don't care and will never care was the saddest for me. There are so few people who care. We're essentially irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. We have no leverage.
      1. aquariusDue · · focus · HN ↗
        When I was younger and I heard the saying along the lines of "struggling against the indifference of the universe" I didn't realize at the time it included people too.
        1. cadamsdotcom · · focus · HN ↗
          Life is complex. You probably don't optimize your life in a way that some other person would be shocked you're not doing.

          And they probably optimize their life in a way that's invisible to you.

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