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@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Up until recently in history every engineer would tell you that *the better mach
- [less retarded software](lrs.md)
- [less is more](less_is_more.md)/[worse is better](worse_is_better.md)
- [appropriate technology](appropriate_tech.md)
- [reactionary software](reactionary_software.md)
Under [capitalism](capitalism.md) technological minimalism is suppressed in the mainstream as it goes against corporate interests, i.e. those of having monopoly control over technology, even if such technology is "[FOSS](foss.md)" (which then becomes just a cool brand, see [openwashing](openwashing.md)). We may, at best, encounter a "shallow" kind of minimalism, so called [pseudominimalism](pseudominimalism.md) which only tries to make things appear minimal, e.g. aesthetically, and hides ugly overcomplicated internals under the facade. [Apple](apple.md) is famous for this [shit](shit.md).