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minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day ago You make money by adding features that maybe nobody wants So, um, who buys them?
minus-squareManticore@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 hours agoSponsors maybe? Adding features because somebody influential wants them to be there. Either for money (like shovelware) or soft power (strengthening ongoing business partnerships)
minus-squarekuhli@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 day agoA midlevel director who doesn’t use the tool but thinks all the features the salesperson mentioned seem cool
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·24 hours agoStockholders Stockholders want the products they own stock in to have AI features so they won’t be ‘left behind’
So, um, who buys them?
Sponsors maybe? Adding features because somebody influential wants them to be there. Either for money (like shovelware) or soft power (strengthening ongoing business partnerships)
A midlevel director who doesn’t use the tool but thinks all the features the salesperson mentioned seem cool
Stockholders
Stockholders want the products they own stock in to have AI features so they won’t be ‘left behind’