"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity"

justin_oaks 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

When a company makes it impossible to correct their stupidity, it's a malicious act. The behavior speaks loud and clear: "We don't care what damage we do to developers or users. And we don't want to hear about it."

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tux1968 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm more convinced than ever that this aphorism has it completely backwards.

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pocksuppet 5 hours ago | parent [-]

It was probably true at some point, then malicious people learned how to fake stupidity and they outnumber actual stupid people, and they learned how to recruit stupid people to their causes.

	▲	xeonmc 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by profit motives.

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BoredPositron 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The guise of a harmless mistake has worn so thin and is so overused by tech companies that I now only see deliberate intent.