Hacker News: dmdiefjeidnnhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dmdiefjeidnnHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:25:03 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by dmdiefjeidnn in "Malleable software: Restoring user agency in a world of locked-down apps (2025)"]]>I always find these ideas funny. Been working with computers for decades and never once have I thought software “malleable”. Maybe back when I had to actually type the program into my Speccy to get anything to work… but then again it wasn’t a “let’s make software malleable” situation, it was more of a “this is how we can distribute software right now” type of thing.

Software was never malleable. User agency is a tale you tell yourselves to try and justify your rose-tinted glasses. Could things be better in computer world? Absolutely. But you could’ve ask us the same way back then and the answer would still be “absolutely”.

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