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Holy shit literally every online shopping website is unusable. (hexbear.net)
submitted 1 day ago by to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
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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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[–] 14 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

i do almost nothing on cell phone. the mobile UX for big sites just plain blows 99% of the time. i use a handful of apps to check the status of things and i even use an app for the fediverse.

doing things like shopping or paying bills or whatever is always on a real computer, where i have easy access to the full suite of tools in a nice browser with extensions to make it so i can adapt and overcome the latest asshole marketing driven mechanic.

in rare occasions i might casually browse a few specific and not hateful shopping sites on my phone, to do basic shit like check prices, but if it becomes more serious, i switch to computer.

my parents and other family members seem to try and do everything on their phones and it looks absolutely brutal

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 13 hours ago

    I haven't used the Amazon mobile interface in a while (I honestly rarely order anything). I just happened to be re-organizing the kitchen and the massive knife block I have was getting in my way so I went to look for a magnetic bar holder. It took like 8 minutes to even get to a real listing then I gave up and found something close on McMaster Carr (ON MOBILE) in like 5 seconds.

    I'll probably end up just going to Ace or Harbor Freight or something and picking one up in person. I prefer to actually touch grass when I spend money anyways.

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