Technology needs to downgrade some things that went in the wrong direction

Its been a scam forever, but tesco are really making it unavoidable to shop in their stores without one

I don't have the clubcard app, I went into the local Tesco and everything was literally double the price without the app, so I turned around and walked out.

**** that

Windows operating system has been getting worse and worse and worse, adding in copilot and nonsense that nobody ever asked for to apps that have been working fine for decades

Take Notepad. I like notepad because it Doesn't have rich text editing. I use it all of the time to strip out hidden formatting so I can paste things into places as plain text

They've gone off and added Rich text to it and ruined it

Same with MS Paint. I used it all of the time to be able to do quick dirty editing of screenshots for prototyping but they've gone off and added in Layers that nobody asked for, and now it's way worse

The search function on my laptop is worse than useless. I know there is a file in my documents folder, but does the search function find it? Nope, it searches online then onedrive, then everywhere else it can think of, then finally brings me the file I want

Programs don't get added to the program list anymore, you have to pin them to the start button, you can't find the uninstall programs page because they've gotten rid of the control panel from the start menu and the search function now barely can even find 'add or remove programs'

Why the **** does it think I want to search the internet when I use the search button in windows.

I think W11 got rid of control panel- the option you want is no longer within and you need to go through settings.

All of this. Its either an app/subscription for LITERALLY EVERYTHING nowadays. Why does paying for parking need to require an app? Coins/Tap of a card but nooo, some company requires our info for god knows why.

If I ever did go a restaurant and its a digital menu I am walking out.

Satnav on a car and bluetooth maybe but that should be the limit of tech in cars.

I don't mind wireless stuff like printers as long as no subscription/app required.

I was connecting my TV to my bluetooth headphones, and it gave me the option of connecting to the Samsung fridge instead.

I don't have a Samsung fridge.

I may just be stupid, but what would connecting your headphones to your fridge?

Is it listening to the sound within the fridge or will the fridge play music?

yeah depending what you put in it. Meatloaf will play meatloaf, cranberry juice will play the cranberries and so on. All very smart indeed

While there might be an element of that, enshittification is definitely real. Things like HP's "oh you ran out of ink so you can't scan" stunt come to mind.

I don't want my fridge to play videos but clearly there is a demand otherwise they wouldn't be making them.

I've seen them used for recipe videos which does have some merit as your fridge will always be in the kitchen.

In fairness there’s nothing new about pointless gimmicks and “useless” tech- it’s been around for eons just now it’s far more fancy and useless than it used to be

I've been buying 4 pastries for x€ in Tesco and only copped recently that the only cost benefit is for club card holders and I'm actually paying full price, that's outrageous

I'm sorry I don't want my fridge talking to me and playing music.

I'll stick to my recipe books.

Didn't catch that!

I may just be a cranky cnut who dislikes Technology and AI that is more advanced then required but when did talking video playing fridges become thing? What happened to a recipe book? Or at most an Ipad on a stand showing the video?

Talking fridges....whats next....

Its just hype really, everyone trying to hop on the smart tech/AI trend in the hopes that a new google emerges.

Apparantly sticking with the status quo reliable tech we still all used just a few years ago isn't good enough. Need to grow and advance at all costs.