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   The Seven Voyages Of Steve (sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 20:45:35 JST The Seven Voyages Of Steve

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   • Joni Korpi

   @jonikorpi delighting users by making must-have products used to be the way to succeed. Now it’s delighting VCs and stock analysts with just enough BS for just long enough to be able to cash out and do it again with the next thing

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     Joni Korpi (jonikorpi@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 20:45:36 JST Joni Korpi

     Finally zeroed in to what bugs me about the modern tech industry. It used to be about making new tools, putting them in the hands of users, and watching them do new things.

     Today it’s about taking users out of the equation. Making products instead of tools. Limiting instead of enabling. Reducing users to glorified slot machine operators.

     In game design we often ask: who is having the fun here, the player or the designer?