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

You can buy a converter from the usb to headphone jack.

Tumble drier and washing machine ‘menus’

Parking (and EV charging) apps. Why do I have to give up so much personal information just to park my car for 30 minutes?

Also hate those capsule coffee machines. All that noise, fuss and landfill waste for a thimbleful of indifferent coffee.

Unless.you have wireless charging

This. And if you try and discuss it you do just get treated like Nancy the Negative dinosaur.

Everything is held to ransom by technology, and we're almost engineering our own obsolescence.

Data is just about the worlds most valuable resource, so if there are infrastructure failures (or attacks) the knock on effects are potentially catastrophic. Theoretically it could cause economic collapse. Not to mention the surveillance.

We were all lured in via entertainment and shopping, and perhaps it is the law of unintended consequence, but things are completely out of hand. See China's Social Credit system for where this could go. And it's much admired by some people in power in the West.

Today it's the irritation of constant "upgrades" to just live in the modern world. Tomorrow - who knows?

Good! DH and I have had this conversation.

I also hate displays on the windscreen. We had one in a courtesy car and it drove us both mad.

Unless you have a phone that you can charge wirelessly honestly the cure is worse than the disease at this point 😂

I am the same. I ended up using bone headphones. What did you find works for you?
(Sorry for derail)

@CrocsNotDocs for me its soundproof headphones. Drives me insane I cannot rouse anyone in my house. They are all closed in their little bubble of soubdproofness.. thank heavens for the dog

When we have powercuts, the mobile phone mast on the hill stops working too!

Sadly we are now digital on our phone. Which is hilarious as the WiFi still comes down a copper line from the exchange two miles away. And when a tree falls on it, it's four days to get WiFi back.

Thats why I LOVED LG phones. But they bloody stopped making phones. So my LG V60 is the last phone I may have with a headphone jack it is 4 years old and I want to keep it a live for as long as possible.

My DH just upgraded from the phone he loved as they stopped security updates and whatsapp withdrew support. I think that is awful. A lot of old phones were built to last and are fantastic. But they are forcing us to change and become mass consumers and wasteful.
We don't need fancy cameras and apps as I use my DSLR for photography. But I do use Music app, Newpipe, duck duck go, Fdroid and Whatsapp. Everything else is pretty useless to me. Headphone jacks are amazing!

This-we are doing the same. Currently there are 4 phone book size glossy brochures in our lounge with just about the same shite in. I just want to go to a showroom and go “that one please”

Strawberries. Haven’t had a good one for years. Just bright red water flouted squishes.

There is no reason at all why Apple could not have made the headphone jack waterproof, by the way.

Or touch screens in cars which means I can’t turn the temp up or down without pulling over so I can look at the damn touchscreen. I’m sure if I could be bothered to work it out I’d be able to use a voice command but I was fine with the knob I could turn without looking at it.

Pur car key has the best of both worlds. Keyless ignition (using a simple switch), which is great on icy mornings so no blundering about with gloves on. But also a key folded into it, so if the battery dies, you can still get into the car and turn it on.

The car is 14 though. And it won't play podcasts off my new phone which really pisses me off.

Stop buying Apple products. They are notorious for this shit and their devices do not play well with other brands. If you stop using Apple, you actually have more choice and more freedom.

Prob not the point but I have a pair of plug in earphones for my iPhone, just have a lightening jack instead.

You can get a little adapter so you can still use your old headphones but it’s still an arse than you can’t charge at the same time.

My dad got a new car a couple of years ago and he hates it for this reason. He's going back to knobs and levers, and will take the financial hit.

Self service tills - I don’t know how staff have the patience to work with them. Which brings me to another point - that they still need staff around because they’re always going wrong! I’m usually a calm person & have a long fuse but by God, those things enrage me! Don’t get me started on “ Unexpected item in bagging area”! 😡🤬😡🤣🤣🤣

Digital display microwave oven. Everyone I know just presses extra 30 seconds at a time to get to right time.no one wants to faff around setting it properly

Op, all you need is this cable. One end goes into your headphones, the other end goes into your phone or Ipad (into the hole where the charger usually goes). This can be used with phones with no jack. My DH bought me bluetooth headphones, but I returned them. Mostly, when I listen to music on my phone, it's not pre-planned and I've had a few wines. Chances are the headphones wouldn't be charged, and that would be shit. I like my old fashioned "always ready" headphones.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Certified-Lightning-Adapter-Headphone-Compatible/dp/B0D3HKSBJH/ref=asc_df_B0D3HKSBJH?mcid=7e4539748164345093ac33891af4d56a&tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=697219435329&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9847386531364496277&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9220740&hvtargid=pla-2307493630728&gad_source=1&th=1

DP loves his but they don't replace a kettle. Hotel Indigo has them in their rooms and thinks you can make a cup of tea with the 'hot water' button on the fkn coffee machine!! It's a faff to decipher how to fill and operate it, and the resulting tea is vile as it's off the boil.

Oh yes. My family think I'm mad and are convinced I'm just being awkward but I can't use them.