I feel like just in the past few months they've all tanked in usability. Amazon is almost physically painful to navigate now... They used to be the "gold standard" in interactivity with how everything kinda got you where you wanted to go (I know it's been a long road, but it's literally all AI slop now and I can't even scroll without something becoming a popup).

Lowe's and Home Depot are just as bad. Useless search, constantly shifting UI. AI generated photos.

Fuck it. I'm only shopping at McMaster Carr from now on. I don't need a fancy magnetic knife rack from a 6 letter lifestyle company that's been around as long as a fruit fly. I'm getting an 18in Screw Mount Magnetic Tool Holder with 1 1/8in depth that's RoHS 3 compliant and comes with free CAD models.

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[–] 17 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

I was gonna suggest McMaster-Carr as the only good site but you beat me to it lmao. These tech bros are always waxing poetic about "reducing friction" yet they make these bloated-ass websites that fail the most basic usability standards. Love to have to make a uBlock Origin filter to prevent Amazon's dogshit "AI" popover from taking up a third of my fucking screen

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  • [–] 3 points 11 hours ago

    Anything that I can buy on McMaster I do because of how much better their site is than anything else. It’s on the expensive side, but I can actually find what I want. If they ever sloppify I will become a hermit.

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