When you connect a new device to a ‘smart’ tv, you must pay homage to the manufacturer with a ritualistic dance. Plugging and unplugging the device. Turning them on and off in the correct sequence like entering a konami code.

Every time you want to switch devices, the tv must scan for them. And god forbid you lose power, or unplug something. You are granted the delight experience of doing it all over again.

I have fond memories of the days of just plugging something in, and pressing the input button. Instant gratification. It was a simpler time.

What is some other tech that used to be better?

  • The Bard in GreenA
    35•6 months ago
    • Facebook.
    • OKCupid.
    • Reddit
    • Netflix
    • Amazon Prime Video
    • iTunes
    • Twitter
    • Patreon
    • Everything Adobe
    • Google Voice
    • YouTube
    • Most search engines

    ALSO

    • MySQL
    • Redis

    ALSO

    • Wordpress

    ALSO

    • Vacuum cleaners
    • Refrigerators
    • Every power tool ever
    • Most cars
    • Airplanes (looking at you Boing)

    ALSO

    • Apple products

    ALSO

    • Turd Ferg
      15•6 months ago

      Pandora. I remember when it was a “music experiment”

        • Turd Ferg
          1•5 months ago

          Ive never paid for subscription on pandora. The ad version isnt that bad, but I also dont listen to it for more than an hour at a time. I would say on average I get 5 -15 second ads an hour.

    • @ohlaph@lemmy.world
      4•6 months ago

      You really summed it up. So much good on that list gone poorly wrong. But hey, they made a few increments for the shareholders.

      • The Bard in GreenA
        9•5 months ago

        Sure, that was overly broad. But I’ve got a BUNCH of tools in my garage and they’re fine, but my dad’s got a bunch of the same tools in his workshop he had when I was a kid, and they still work just as well now as they did in the 80s (I think his drill press actually used to belong to HIS dad and it’s never failed me). Also, his table saw and band saw rock. I remember using them to cut things for silly projects when I was a kid and I just used the table saw the other day… same saw, great results.

        My take was all centered around “solid” and “built to last”. I don’t have any faith that the tools in my garage will outlast his tools. Don’t see it happening. I think me inheriting his tools is more likely than my tools outlasting them.

        • @tritonium@midwest.social
          0•5 months ago

          Again, you have no fucking clue what you’re talking about. Tools have improved significantly. I’ve been in the trades for a long time, I started at 14 years old working for my step dad remodeling houses and doing roofing and plumbing and electrical over 25 years ago. I know what tools were like back then, and the tools we have today. And the tools and processes are night and day better today. Just stfu, you have no clue.

          The power tools today kill anything from 10 years ago in torque and speed and weight. Lmao… you think the brushed motors with nicad batteries were better than the brushless motor with lithium we have today? The cordess circ saws could barely make it through a 1/2" sheet of plywood 15 years ago and now tgey rip through it like a corded saw. Fucking please buddy. Ratchets and wrenches have significantly improved with less back drag and more teeth meaning less degree of swing. Wrenches with ratchet ends. All kinds of specialty tools that didn’t exist Processes in plumbing and electrical with pex and other types of clamp and crimp fittings have significantly improved. I can go on and on across multiple tools and processes. You are a moron.

          • The Bard in GreenA
            4•5 months ago

            You’re kind of an asshole for like completely no reason aren’t you? That’s now what this conversation is about. By all means, continue.