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Twitter adds support for Twitter Spaces to its rebuilt API
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Apple walks back controversial Safari changes with iOS 15 beta 6 update
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アプリは劣化を続けている
Tim Bray氏のブログ記事が共感できる内容を含んでいるので紹介したい。同氏によれば、コンシューマー向けの人気アプリは、あまりにも頻繁にアップデートされることにより、使いにくい、機能が足りない、遅いなどの悪化することがある（Tim Bray氏のブログ）。
こうしたアップデートによって使いにくくなっていく背景には、「プロダクトマネージャー」（PM）と呼ばれる人々の存在がある。彼らの仕事は顧客、経営陣、エンジニアと協力して製品の機能を定義することだ。しかし、アプリ製作のPMは、「現状うまく動作して…