Solid

Raised as a usability problem by 10 people on Hacker News over 9 years (2018–2026), in 7 threads.

People raised many different problems with Solid, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 11 complaints

Requires learning a new setStore syntax that is awkward compared to plain JavaScript2026-03-22
Setting up and managing a personal data locker is too complicated for regular people2025-10-07
Apps reject the pod's WebID and storage URLs; login loops or errors until a guessed URL works2022-11-04
Front page fails to explain what Solid is or what users can do with it2021-02-01
Wrong certificate can't be cleared, so login lands on an error page2021-02-01
Things are still fairly confusing for new users2021-02-01
Button click effect is laggy and noticeable every time in Chrome2020-05-12
Page is laggy and checkbox state transitions have a visible delay2020-05-12
Installed server but couldn't figure out how to log in or access data2018-09-29
Dumped into confusing home page with no link back and broken back button2018-09-29
Developer docs are unfriendly, tooling is clunky, and getting started creates heavy friction2018-02-12