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[-] 4grams@awful.systems 16 points 11 hours ago

Goddamn, I am so tired of modern convenience. My god we have made shit complicated in the name of simplicity.

[-] Darnton@piefed.zip 7 points 6 hours ago

It's not even convenience, it is more distracting and useless bloat, and in a car of all places. They just got this product they invested billions in, so they are desperate to look for "solutions" to problems that doesn't exist with it.

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 1 points 1 hour ago

Oh, I know, ai was trying to point out the insanity in a few words as possible. All the solutions and conveniences we are being sold are bullshit. They are sold as helpful but just make you hate the world.

I had an Apple Watch, the simplicity of not having to take out my phone was the draw, I could see my notifications quickly and easily. All it did though was create more distraction, more digital cruft to wade through and dismiss. I get more value out of the rubber band that I have on my wrist right now than I did the Apple Watch.

[-] artyom@piefed.social 10 points 10 hours ago

Nah "we" made it complicated in the pursuit of money.

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 1 points 1 hour ago

Nah, wasn’t “we” , it was “them” who sold us on a promise, but was really a leash, or muzzle. The “them” is the oligarchs, the billionaires, the epstein class…

[-] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 9 points 10 hours ago

SIMPLICITY (read: vendor lock-in)!

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 1 points 1 hour ago

I’m m an Infrastructure architect and engineer, this is the same problem in enterprise. Cloud, SaaS, proprietary vendors, they all want to lock you. Time and place for all of it, but you’ve gotta know what you are getting yourself into.

What chance does the average, non-30 year veteran of industry have? It’s bad out there.

this post was submitted on 06 May 2026
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