The best time to abandon cynical software was ten years ago. The second-best time is the next time an app asks you to "Rate us 5 stars" before it lets you save your document.
Cynical software manufactures apathy.
"Optimism Crusher"
Here is the cruel irony. Software developers are not inherently evil. Most engineers want to build elegant, honest systems. But they work in organizations driven by metrics like Monthly Active Users (MAU) and Average Revenue Per User (ARPU). cynical software