I feel like an outlier more and more these days. I'm searching for a
job and several application questions ask me to provide my LIn ID. I
got rid of it as it was a social networking site for businesses and I
had little interest in social networking and even less in business. I
don't even do federated stuff like M'don or LetMe.
I just don't get it. I don't understand people. I don't understand
what's so goddamn great about sites like Igram. I have no clue WTF
Snipchit is trying to do. I think it's almost exclusively picture
chat, instead of video or text chat. I don't understand why people
insist on getting an app for every little fucking thing. I've said it
before, but so many apps are completely moot with a decent website and
progressive web apps (PWAs) are often much better.
I don't understand why anyone would actually want so many things that
are being pushed. Video games are probably the easiest to demonstrate
how out of touch I am with the "common" public. Huge disk space usage,
subscriptions per game, microtransactions, pay-to-win, DRM, on-disk
DLC, the same games that have been released at least 3 times before. I
just can't imagine spending just as much for an unfinished buggy mess
that requires large resources just to run well as old completed games
that take up less than 1% of the space, are well-tested and working,
and are much more fun. Upgrading your system every 5 or so years. Why?
I don't even know what the current Xb name is. Series X? Xtreme? I
thought we were past One by 2 gens, but I honestly don't know. I
thought the name "One" was bad and confusing. MS proved it can do much
worse. Am I that much smarter or that much dumber than the average
consumer?
The more I interact with these HR and hiring people, the more I feel
cut off. I was talking to a friend about his use of @pole products,
trying to be non-confrontational and not weird about it, but I
probably failed. He just said he likes it. I didn't really bother
pressing because who wants to hear someone preach about tech? And I
can't even recommend &roid is so far gone with "Material You"
(seriously looks far, far uglier than any &roid version before it)
that I can't in good conscience even support them anymore. And buying
already-modded current phones with Ubu Touch or something else is like
650 or 700 Euros. I don't care to try to convert that into dollars or
want to imagine international shipping costs and time. The raw price
alone is enough for me to veto it. Phones shouldn't cost more than
$500.
Am I too uncompromising? I don't know. Cancel culture is such a huge
thing today but oftentimes I feel like the only individual who mostly
sticks by their convictions, at least for the most part. I mean A-to-Z
and other online retailers probably aren't good, but I still use them
and their subscription model includes LOTS of benefits. I feel like
I'm speaking with my wallet but I never hear about other people
boycotting companies like D+ or N'tendo for doing extremely douchey
things like ruining George Lucas' legacy or deceptive advertising.
What the fuck do any of these tech giants have to offer?
I feel so isolated. I don't understand people. I don't understand
business. I don't understand advertising. I don't understand human
networking or negotiations. I don't get it. Why can't people just say
what they mean? Why do we have to hide behind niceties and outright
lies? And why, oh why do people think ChitGPT is a good thing?
"Does thinking you're the last sane man on the face of the earth make
you crazy? 'Cause if it does, maybe I am."
-Del Spooner, I, Robot
