anti-feature
See also: antifeature
English
Etymology
anti- + feature
Noun
anti-feature (plural anti-features)
- Functionality that the seller of a product (typically technology) will charge users to not include.
- The printer's anti-features made it hardly worth using: the small $40 ink cartridges get blacklisted after first use to prevent refilling.
- "DRM and Treacherous Computing systems are, in many ways, extreme examples of antifeatures. Users don't want either and they are hugely expensive and extremely difficult for developers to implement."[1]
- "We evaluate software and hardware not simply on which has more features but also on which has fewer antifeatures."[2]
References
- Benjamin Mako Hill (2007-12-20), “Antifeatures by Benjamin Mako Hill”, in (Please provide the title of the work), Free Software Foundation
- Dan Meyer (2009-08-01), “OSCON 2009: Antifeatures”, in (Please provide the title of the work)