Part of the problem is that industry, and the economy at large, doesn't really reward quality software development. I covered this in my article are we forever cursed with buggy software
So long as ad-hoc solutions are capable of getting funding, being used by millions, and generating initial revenue, there is no incentive to build quality solutions. There is simply no competitive advantage to achieving more than the bare minimum for a product.
Granted, many companies will fail because they don't have a talent pool that achieves even that low threshold.
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I wouldn't be surprised if the tolerance of the general public begins to drop, especially given some of the recent incidents. The sheer volume of data that these companies and applications have access to is staggering and can be rather personal. If data is leaked from Facebook, Amazon, or Google that involve geolocation data, purchase history, or personal files, I can see that being a huge incentive for companies to focus on quality.
But that requires an informed and engaged public...so...maybe not.
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Part of the problem is that industry, and the economy at large, doesn't really reward quality software development. I covered this in my article are we forever cursed with buggy software
So long as ad-hoc solutions are capable of getting funding, being used by millions, and generating initial revenue, there is no incentive to build quality solutions. There is simply no competitive advantage to achieving more than the bare minimum for a product.
Granted, many companies will fail because they don't have a talent pool that achieves even that low threshold.
I wouldn't be surprised if the tolerance of the general public begins to drop, especially given some of the recent incidents. The sheer volume of data that these companies and applications have access to is staggering and can be rather personal. If data is leaked from Facebook, Amazon, or Google that involve geolocation data, purchase history, or personal files, I can see that being a huge incentive for companies to focus on quality.
But that requires an informed and engaged public...so...maybe not.