There is no bait and switch and it's ridiculous to suggest there is.

They have a free product and a paid product. They've used the documentation as an awareness channel for the paid product. The paid product influences and pays for the free product. A tail as old as time.

They're not asking you to buy the paid product and they're not saying they are going to make it worse. Did you even read thread? He literally says "I totally see the value in the feature and I would like to find a way to add it."

Not prioritizing it now does not make the product worse, it just doesn't make it better in this particular way today.

How is this hard to understand?

> A tail as old as time.

Eggcorn klaxon!

When I saw this on HN, I instantly felt terrible for Adam & the team. Happy to see that these comments are mostly supportive, they could have easily piled on the pain.

Listen to his podcast episode if you want his raw feelings on this - https://adams-morning-walk.transistor.fm/episodes/we-had-six...

Very happy Tailwind Plus and Insiders customer here.

Hey Peter! What tech (legal and non-legal) do you use?

I've almost had my laptop crushed a few times by people reclining.

I don't hate it if they're actually sleeping, but otherwise it's just frustrating to be behind someone reclining.

This is the fault of the airline for making such a crappy design. Or in other words, don’t hate the player.. hate the game

You can hate the game and also be careful about the consequences of your actions in the badly designed game.

I don’t know you have a laptop behind me. I bought a flight ticket. My seat can recline. I don’t need to ask for permission. Consequently, it’s your property and you know the trays are not designed for laptops. Ergo, the onus is on you to protect your equipment. I would suggest looking at the faulty design and then adapting your approach accordingly.

The player is playing by the rules, you gotta hate the game (the airlines) for pitting the two of you against each other instead of against the hilariously bad design

Is there some kind of cookie hack I can run to get the new UI? Would be nice if engineering posts included a way to change your feature flag so I can experience what is being discussed.

Deal. Heading to Portland in a few weeks!

Thanks. I like "business applications".

I've asked a few people that I would put in the same class as my clients, and a couple clients as well, if they knew what those terms meant and nobody really knew.

I see. Have you considered changing the value proposition to focus on the problem you're solving as opposed to the actual solution you deliver?

Just a suggestion.

2 questions:

1) Why isn't this available in Canada? All of our cars have ODBII after 96 as well.

2) Is there an estimated completion timeline? 2 months? 2 years?