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Good insights, and not just software developers, really. We don’t like ads, sensationalism, or anything reeking of bullshit. If we have to talk to someone to find out the price, the product may as well not exist.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They tend not to work on neurodivergent people and there is a huge overlap between NDs and "nerds."

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Guess that's why the big guys want people to be neurotypical.
To make it easier to sell them stuff.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

To advertisers, humans are just slabs of meat with eyes.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 8 points 2 days ago

To advertising companies, maybe yes.
But to the ones making the advertisement, we are the wall between them and their money, which just needs to be gotten out of the way.