cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/62563422
Renault has relied on Chinese parts and its research and development operations in Shanghai to develop the sub-20,000 euro (S$30,000) electric Twingo, which the company will start selling in 2026. Mr Provost has pledged to apply the lessons learned in China at its R&D hubs in France, notably at the the sprawling Technocentre complex near Paris.
I bet they kept the engineers in charge of enshittification.
No engineer enjoys enshittification. Imagine making a commission. That’s engineering. Now you make something beautiful and the guy you’re working for says that’s nice now change the font to comic sans and use more reductive cringe tropes, and change all the art to stick figures, and they’ll sell the good art at a premium.
Feels like shit but you need to get paid so you do what’s asked of you by the person that pays you.
That’s what being an “enshittification engineer” feels like. It’s the same team that made the good product being asked to make it worse or you’re fired.