Why are the IDEs of @jetbrains becoming worse and worse and worse? Right now I have a window which I cannot close because no menu visible. Cursor is always hidden, have to use the mouse. It is so annoying…

  • Mikina@programming.dev
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    12 days ago

    Thank you for this comment, especially the second part - thanks to that I’ve realized it’s something I’ve been guilty of doing ever since a lot of the things I used to love started getting heavily enshittified, and most of my comments are exactly what you are mentioning, and I never realized that until you said it.

    I’ll do the same! While I wasn’t making the comments malliciously, mostly just sharing my disappointment as a way of giving feedback to the product in question, but I didn’t really occur to me that there’s really no point that doesn’t add anything to the discussion, and there’s really no reason to spend time doing that. It’s something I never really thought about, but what you’re saying makes sense, so thanks for mentioning it.

    • andioop@programming.devEnglish
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      12 days ago

      I’ve realized it’s something I’ve been guilty of doing ever since a lot of the things I used to love started getting heavily enshittified

      I do try to deal with seeing this kind of comment by also considering how annoying and disappointing it is seeing things you liked get worse. !deshittification@thebrainbin.org (not my community) for a bit more positivity, for “here’s stuff you can actually do to change things for the better, instead of just complaining on the internet”. I figure it is better to channel that rage productively in a way that helps me leave for better alternatives, instead of in a way that does not make life better in any way besides relieving the emotion. Maybe someone else’s if my angry comment is the tipping point for a reader to leave the enshittified product, but…

      But yeah. I both feel the outrage, and feel like expressing it without pointing to alternatives is often only giving others more fuel to doomscroll with. (And yes, I also unfortunately sometimes post angrily without adding anything constructive! Just check my comment history…) I thank you for your thoughtful reply and totally get where you are coming from. My comment probably comes across way more castigating towards you than I want it to be—I really appreciate your reaction.