I think opinions on social media follow the 80/20 rule, where people get 80% of their idea across, then stop, because the remaining 80% of the work is nuance.

Please don’t take this as me judging anyone. I just did it too. I do it all the time.

But do realize that this is what is going on.

So today I watched a YouTube video about iMessage lock in, and it was an unfair reminder of the Apple bullshit I experience as an Android user.

Just like… the experience of being added to an iMessage group chat as an Android user is enough to make someone want to switch to an iPhone, and I don’t know how that nonsense isn’t breaking monopoly laws.

This is a the iMessage experience on Android, in a nutshell (100% speaking from personal experience).

Daniel Thrasher made a video called “gifted kid syndrome” a while ago, and watching it still makes me feel incredibly attacked.

Eloquence is about using the right word, not the fanciest word, and people who are obviously trying to sound smart tend to fail at this because they forget that using jargon incorrectly doesn’t actually hide the fact that they don’t know what they’re talking about.

Trying to cover up not knowing your shit is really just intentionally alienating and intimidating anyone who has no idea what you’re talking about and throwing away any credibility you might have had in front of someone who does.

Can brands stop saying that their software has a “more creative workflow”? What the heck is that even supposed to mean?

In my experience software doesn’t have a “workflow”, it has features, a UI, and technical requirements.

Good UI and good features means I will probably be able to figure out a workflow that works, and that means I will make more stuff.

A janky or mediocre UI combined with good features means that I guess I’ll figure it out and deal with the bugs, but I’ll also complain a lot.