Emeritus Prof Christopher May
Sarah O'Connor has coined a new word:
Qualitynesia = forgetting something was better in the past when it objectively was
[her example: recorded sound quality - spotify's compressed sound files carry less info than old CDs & as such have worse sound]
However, fellow Masto-folk, I'm sure you'll have you own candidates for 'Qualitynesia'...
see also @pluralistic 'Enshitification'.
Maier Amsden
@ChrisMayLA6 @pluralistic I got an earlier version Sony Discman and used it for almost a decade until the spindle motor burned out. Then I replaced the spindle motor and laser and used it for another 5 years. It was heavy, had a hard metal shell that was easy to disassemble (because we used to design things *for servicing). Later versions were plastic, cheaply made, quicker to break, harder to fix - disposable. Sony's rep collapsed, as did many technician jobs. And the e-waste did flow.
TerryB
@ChrisMayLA6 @pluralistic In my younger days this would have been dismissed as just rose tinted thinking. But "enshittification" has made this objectively true. I know that websites used to be usable without barrelloads of ad blockers, search engines actually gave us what we searched for not what advertisers want us to see. Politicians caught wrong doing resigned. Companies tried to provide a decent product for a decent profit, instead of trying to grab maximum cash for minimum product And so on
Gupperduck
All the devices or gadgets that used hardware switches, buttons and dials and didn't beep at the drop of a hat.
Duncan Murray
@ChrisMayLA6 @pluralistic Nice tactile buttons you could press by feel while driving and keep your eyes on the road. Smartphones that gave you access to maps and the internet but somehow weren't a ball and chain. PDAs with keyboards. Specific-use devices that weren't general purpose computers connected to the internet.
teresa_athome
@dm319 @ChrisMayLA6 @pluralistic I miss appliances that perform their specific task without asking me to configure WiFi. (I don't care how often it asks my oven is not allowed to go online and order Pizza.)
Klongeiger
@dm319 @ChrisMayLA6 @pluralistic modern car UIs are even worse than I thought. Realizing that some form of feedback is required, they created auditive cues. Touch the screen and you hear a sound. However, that sound plays whenever you touch the screen, regardless of whether you are touching a button or just some empty space. So not only are you missing an easy to process feedback, like a knob, you also get feedback that suggests you accomplished your goal even if that is not the case at all.
Phil Nolan
@klongeiger @dm319 @ChrisMayLA6 @pluralistic the continual demands to agree to things is the biggest problem imo.
Our Kia eNiro requires me to confirm I will obey the laws of the land before it will allow me to move.
It then demands I read, then agree to new terms and conditions (which allows them to sell our driving data to third parties) - but only after we’ve been moving for about a minute. And then tells me I have to stop the vehicle to read them.
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