Tech systems are optimized for the company's best interest, not each individual's best interest.

2025-09-29 · Bits and Bobs 9/29/25

Tech systems are optimized for the company's best interest, not each individual's best interest.
- That was the only way when software was expensive and so had to be made by centralized powers.
- But now infinite software allows software for all of us.

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