Convenience Makes Hypocrites of Us All: The Ethics of Consumerism and UX Strategy

By Ronnie Battista Published: September 21, 2015 “While a two-day Amazon delivery is certainly a step up from a trek to Bleecker Bob’s, … even buying music on Amazon is not so convenient anymore. With streaming music sites such as Pandora and Spotify, … I can play it instantly.” Recently, over drinks, an old friend and I reminisced about our high school days as suburban, punk-rocker wannabees. Back then, getting your hands on punk or alternative music wasn’t easy. Mainstream department and record stores didn’t carry much, if any, punk music. So, for New Jersey kids like us to get our hands on rare albums from punk bands—especially the coveted vinyl punk imports—we usually had to head to New York City and go to places like Bleecker Bob’s in Greenwich Village to get the good stuff. One of my favorite bands at the time was the Dead Kennedys, a legendary San Francisco punk band famous for their frenetic hardcore sound and satirical, socio-political lyrics. To whit, they named their 1987 compilation album “Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death” as their commentary on the excessive American consumerism at the time. I owned that album and listened to it extensively, so for a bit of nostalgia, I decided to look for an image of the album cover online.

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