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CLI experience lags behind computer advancements despite Big Tech's resource control

The user experience of command-line interfaces (CLIs) has seen minimal improvement despite significant advancements in computer speed and memory capacity. This stagnation persists even as major technology companies increasingly control access to computing resources. AI

IMPACT The subjective command-line interface experience has not significantly improved despite advancements in computing power and memory, even as Big Tech controls resources.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece discussing a long-standing observation about technology development.

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CLI experience lags behind computer advancements despite Big Tech's resource control

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Fun Fact: It is a truism that as computers have become vastly faster with ever more memory (assuming you can afford the latter being kidnapped by the Big Tech #

    Fun Fact: It is a truism that as computers have become vastly faster with ever more memory (assuming you can afford the latter being kidnapped by the Big Tech # AI pirates), the subjective Command Line Interface (CLI) experience has barely changed at all since the earliest mechan…