Re: GNU

From	Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc, alt.usage.english
Subject	Re: GNU
Date	2026-04-09 08:42 +0200
Organization	Khanya Publications
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On Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:19:21 GMT, athel.cb@gmail.com
<user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:

>
>Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org> posted:
>
>> On 08/04/26 17:59, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>> 
>> > I see on your site that there are things called 'Double Dutch Ovens'
>> > What is it that makes a Dutch Oven 'Double Dutch'?
>> 
>> They are the ones that nobody can understand.
>> 
>Can someone explain to me why companies who make things like computers and 
>portable telephones love to introduce new "features" that no one wants or
>needs and whose main effect is to make the thing more difficult to use? My
>(oldish) iPhone has real physical button at the bottom that I use all the
>time. When my wife's more fancy iPhone came out they decided to replace this
>with a touch-screen "button" that is a pain in the neck to use. Why?

Because it's cheaper to produce. 

Same reason they replace buttons with touchscreens in cars; it's
cheaper to produce. And also, it means that you have to take your eyes
off the road to find the button to press, so you are more likely to
crash your car while doing so, and, if you survive, therefore be in
the market for a new one. 

Also the same reason for replacing the milk in "dairy milk chocolate"
witjh dairy palm oil. 

-- 
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Web:  http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
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