Things that are meant to be better but are not better

[CrocsNotDocs]

Look, I’m not a Luddite- I usually love technology.

But why oh why have headphones jacks been removed from phones and tablets? I don’t want Bluetooth headphones or earbuds that I have to worry about charging before I go anywhere and that cost a zillion dollars. I want cheap old fashioned headphones that don’t go flat that can be plugged into your device and just work. I don’t want to use the charging port for headphones- I like to charge my device while using it. I want headphone jacks back.

YABU- Everything new is always better
YANBU- some things were not broken and should have been left alone

I do hate companies that charge a card fee when you can ONLY pay by card!

Had to have a new combi boiler installed last year. My old one had dial for temperatures separately for heating and water and times programmed in for each day but a button to override on/off if wishes. Simple. This new one is so complicated I leave heating as is because I’m frightened of cocking the system up. Technology makes things harder not easier.

Who dreams up these ideas such as apps for everything? Do they really look at this and not wonder (as I do) - what if the WiFi signal is poor or the equipment breaks down? Probably no, as they're selling a product and, once it's sold, don't care about the customer's actual experience using it. Aftercare is usually shit or non existent.

I remember saying I wish they'd stop making stuff for a couple of years so we can catch up...and they pretty much did during the plague..and now there seems to be more stuff to watch than ever, and of course it's all on a different streaming service for yet another monthly payment.
Bring back the days of four channels.

Chocolate. Almost all chocolate is rank these days. Waxy and cheap (I'm looking at you Cadbury's).
Lindt is my saviour.

To be honest, they could stop forever - except maybe a bit of news and current affairs.

We already have millions of hours of TV/video/film - in the English language alone; I'm not convinced we actually need any more ever!

I love a bar of something chocolatey with my evening coffee from time to time. Some of the bars are so bloody small I need 2 of them.
Everything has gone up in price but the sizes are much smaller.

I have an ancient recipe for Mars bar crispies. It says to use 3 Mars bars - I'd need about 10 of today's!

Electronic bingo. Used to enjoy a night out with the girls on 6 tickets with my dabber & as much of a chance of winning as everyone else. You're now up against people who've spent a fortune on 120 tickets. It's taken the fun out of it.

Thr fact cars don't have a cd player! DHs still does and I love putting a cd in, and just letting it play. Nothing fiddly, no streaming, no adverts , LOVE it!

I have Bluetooth headphones which I won't wear outside because you can bet I'll get part of walk done and low battery hits! Do love them when cleaning the house though!

Oh yeah. "New, improved recipe" invariably means "We've found a way to make it just fractionally cheaper, and that bit less good to eat"

"New improved " Coco Pops just means the sugar police have got at them

I just add my own so they taste decent 😅..

I've removed all 'smart' stuff from our house and it's so much better. We wanted a new thermostat for the boiler, and the engineer said "I'll get your this one, it's great and you can adjust the temperature via an app." I told him no, no app! No internet connection! Only wires! Only buttons!

Next stop: house phone:)

Ooh, yes. They usually reduce the size (but never the price) several times - each time 'to help you to make sensible calorie-controlled choices'. Then they introduce a 'sharing bar' that is very clearly never actually going to be shared, and it starts all over again.

Enough to make you want to rip the thing off the wall in a rage and just put a picture up 😂
This reminds me of an an almost-good book on this theme .. Light over Liskeard. It takes the piss out of modern (and future) life being all technologically connected and how nothing works when one aspect of it is broken. Lets itself down though as the main (middle aged, male) character is appears irresistible to a local young lass and a female ghost 🙄🙄🙄🙄

We found a microwave with old school manual time and power dials and it's so much nicer to use!

I do like smart bulbs but invested in wall switches, no need for Alexa and only need to use the app for the initial setup. Best of both worlds.

Same with crisps. Its almost impossible to buy an ordinary sized packet of crisps now, they're all Grab Bags. More expensive, and I know I should have the will power to eat half and save half, but once started it's hard to stop until the packet is finished.

I have fallen out with Alexa. It used to be that if you said, for example, 'Alexa play Elton John', it would play Elton John. Now it says 'shuffling songs by Elton John and other similar artists ' and ten minutes later you're listening to the Lighthouse Family.
If you want it to play what you want they want you to pay extra to sign up to Amazon Music. I'm already forking out a fortune for Prime as it is
I've bought a cd player for the bedroom.

I asked Alexa to play 60s music. What do I get? Blink 182, Pogues and Britney.

Then in the summer, asked Alexa to play summer music. Got Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree!

There must be a way to inform Alexa that Blink 182 is not 60s music.

I won't talk to machines. Sorry, I just won't.

The car key thing happened today. I went to work with my keys in my bag. DH had a rare day off and wanted to use my car.
I have a spare key, but despite changing the battery it just doesn't work when you press the blipper. You have to remove the physical key from the fob, open the car door using the key in the keyhole method like in the olden days, but that sets off the alarm because the car thinks it's being broken into as some electronic signal hasn't been given, then you have to put the physical key back in the fob, and put the fob in a little socket inside the lift-up centre console to make the alarm stop.

High end make up. Literally just paying for the brand name, for the exact same shades that every other brand makes these days.

Same with nail polish. Salon/boutique/indie brands are the best, and they're in the mid range of pricing. No one needs designer nail polish unless you're a massive show off.

Christmas music in summer? I didn't know Alexa was Australian! "She came from a land down under..." ( Ok I know that's 80s not 60s!)

The rest is unforgivable though . I love my 60s music and been given Britney instead would give me the rage!

Don't forget Microsoft Windows "do you really want to save this file?" (Always used to make me want to scream "oh of course not, that's why I pressed save you big pillock!" I did like the little red paperclip though .

You've never left a voice nessage?

Sadly, the one-time megastar Clippy experienced significant challenges in his later career and ended up just having to take whatever work he could get to make ends meet.