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  • I get where you’re coming from but we’re talking about two completely separate layers of abstraction.

    If you define data as a material, which you can, then software is going to be a very good means for working with data. It’ll be the best!

    But for that to happen you have to have decided that data is the key to whatever purpose you are aiming to satisfy. You’re saying that all purposes are a matter of data manipulation.

    I don’t actually say that software cannot be a product, I say that it can’t be categorised as a product in itself. As in, it doesn’t make sense to have “furniture products, exercise products, data products, surveillance products, and SOFTWARE products” - that doesn’t mean something made out of software can’t be a product.

    BTW I’m not claiming this is novel, in fact I know it’s not. I’m also not taking it personal, feedback is why I post this shit.