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My lovely tiny credit union's website has joined the club. They added 2FA, but it wont remember the browser. They added 2FA to their app at the same time, and neither will it remember you, the Apple automagic of the 6 digit code being autofilled doesn't work. Once inside, they changed the layout of the website to make it like Mint or whatever, but its just a checking and savings account. There's two different fields where its repeating the same poo poo. Finally, they refuse access from a privacy VPN Overnight their website went from being relatively decent to completely useless, which now means their entire service is useless to me, and I'll be switching credit unions.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Perfect way to make money as a time traveler though, start subscription services. There was absolutely enough technology in the 1890's to start a subscription service for men's shirts, it's just no one was lovely enough to come up with the idea. Subscription services only work because of electronic banking with automatically recurring charges. Nobody's going to forget to cancel their shirt subscription when they have to consciously go pay for it every month.
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Aug 17, 2023 06:32
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mawarannahr posted:they used to have an excellent cat screen saver with updating photos. they got rid of it? For me its always been a scrolling cityscape. Now its a scrolling cityscape with mcdonalds and acura dealerships
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Aug 17, 2023 07:19
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bossy lady posted:For me its always been a scrolling cityscape. Now its a scrolling cityscape with mcdonalds and acura dealerships Digital clock supremacy
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Aug 17, 2023 07:41
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DrBouvenstein posted:They're desperate attempt at trying to be some kind of actual social media site is killing it. There are third party websites built specifically for users to upload to imgur without the app, which is kind of hilarious.
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Aug 17, 2023 09:07
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Cerekk posted:Subscription services only work because of electronic banking with automatically recurring charges. Nobody's going to forget to cancel their shirt subscription when they have to consciously go pay for it every month. Yeah, its the gym/ porn site method
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Aug 17, 2023 10:49
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bossy lady posted:The screensaver on my roku has ads for mcdonalds and acura sneakily embedded into it. I'm not an Apple person at all, but I got so fed up with Roku and Amazon devices that I switched to Apple TV, and it is leagues better. No menu lag. No ads. The interface hasn't changed since I got it. They don't even force you to do any Apple stuff.
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Aug 17, 2023 14:34
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Fitzy Fitz posted:I'm not an Apple person at all, but I got so fed up with Roku and Amazon devices that I switched to Apple TV, and it is leagues better. No menu lag. No ads. The interface hasn't changed since I got it. They don't even force you to do any Apple stuff. ::squints at thread title:: ::looks at watch::
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Aug 17, 2023 14:47
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It would make sense for Apple to sell smart TVs that solve many of the probkems of regular smart TVs but cost $10,000. Selling de-enshittified tech to rich people for absurd markups has been a pillar of their business for a long time.
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Aug 17, 2023 14:49
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Cerekk posted:Subscription services only work because of electronic banking with automatically recurring charges. Nobody's going to forget to cancel their shirt subscription when they have to consciously go pay for it every month. On the other hand, if Enrique is handling all of your petty recurring payments, is that so different?
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Aug 17, 2023 14:55
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Woolie Wool posted:It would make sense for Apple to sell smart TVs that solve many of the probkems of regular smart TVs but cost $10,000. Selling de-enshittified tech to rich people for absurd markups has been a pillar of their business for a long time. It's like in game purchases. Just sell the drat thing for 300 bucks and everything be unlocked.
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Aug 17, 2023 14:59
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I dont know why Disney+ and Chromecast seem to never work with one another but boy, am I not thrilled having to pay for a streaming service that freezes up the two devices I use them on! We hit the correct button to cast aaaaaand nothing, time to reset the Chromecast manually. Normally Id think oh my iPhone is having a real one, but my partner has an Android and its the same issue, over the two Chromecasts we have, which Im certain are two different generations All other streaming services work fine on all devices, but Disney+ is like HBO Nordic bad
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Aug 17, 2023 15:07
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Chromecasts are a perfect example for this thread. The first one I got worked perfectly when I bought it. Then it steadily got worse with each update to the point where it was crashing every time I tried to use it. Then I got a TV with a Chromecast built in and it somehow was even worse.
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Aug 17, 2023 15:09
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Woolie Wool posted:It would make sense for Apple to sell smart TVs that solve many of the probkems of regular smart TVs but cost $10,000. Selling de-enshittified tech to rich people for absurd markups has been a pillar of their business for a long time. Sony rates high on privacy according to consumer reports. I cant say their smart tvs dont suffer from android jankiness though.
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Aug 17, 2023 15:11
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uploading images in the Android app the image picker's "recent files" is now ordered by some insane algorithm so a screenshot I just took is now halfway down the page past screenshots I took 3 days ago.
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Aug 17, 2023 15:19
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Internet Old One posted:Sony rates high on privacy according to consumer reports. I cant say their smart tvs dont suffer from android jankiness though. 77 million users details were stolen in the 2011 PSN hack.
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Aug 17, 2023 15:25
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is pepsi ok posted:Chromecasts are a perfect example for this thread. The first one I got worked perfectly when I bought it. Then it steadily got worse with each update to the point where it was crashing every time I tried to use it. Ive had a few and usually its work fine until WHOOPS NOW NOTHING WORKS FINE, no degrade, just a sudden drop off. My partner and I are holding on to his 10+ year old Sony until we can find a bloat-free alternative. Im perfectly fine with Chromecast (until it implodes) or even trying to convince him for an Apple TV. I dont need a TV with random poo poo in it. Anything beyond the time and the ability to nix soap opera mode is a waste and a turn off in a TV. Im hardly a Luddite but Ill turn straight Uncle Ted* if my TV is advertising within its UI/UX. *within the law
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is pepsi ok posted:Chromecasts are a perfect example for this thread. The first one I got worked perfectly when I bought it. Then it steadily got worse with each update to the point where it was crashing every time I tried to use it. I'm still limping along on early-gen chromecasts for as long as possible, I have to do a hard unplug/plug-in reset every few weeks or else they start glitching like crazy. But the smartTV built-ins are such utter poo poo that I won't migrate over until I absolutely have to, and will probably just plug a laptop into an HDMI input and run things directly from there before I have to succumb to smartTV fail-tech.
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Laserface posted:77 million users details were stolen in the 2011 PSN hack. Yeah I avoided them for awhile but basically came back on TVs because LG and samsung are basically spyware pushed by even less ethical companies.
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Aug 17, 2023 15:33
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My mom clung to her JVC SD CRT until it literally popped and now after seeing her accursed Samsung bloatware TV, I regret not somehow finding her another CRT. Why the gently caress does it need to take goddamn ten seconds to press a button and get a response. What. Why. No one wants this.
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Aug 17, 2023 15:43
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teen witch posted:My mom clung to her JVC SD CRT until it literally popped and now after seeing her accursed Samsung bloatware TV, I regret not somehow finding her another CRT. Gotta get the userbase used to the delay so they can fill those ten seconds with ads in-between menus
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Aug 17, 2023 15:53
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I always wonder how much of this is due to UX teams going from being a vital part of every tech company to being seen as a completely useless money sink that you should lay off to boost those profits.
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Serious_Cyclone posted:Gotta get the userbase used to the delay so they can fill those ten seconds with ads in-between menus Don't say this.  I'm waiting for the day of a TV that lacks a mute button. I bet there is some kinda patent out there.
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is pepsi ok posted:I always wonder how much of this is due to UX teams going from being a vital part of every tech company to being seen as a completely useless money sink that you should lay off to boost those profits. Depends on the industry I'd say. A bank loving up their app could just be development problems/lack of UX. most of the stuff that drives me crazy though, I guarantee the problem is from Sales getting final say on feature changes/removals, based on Statistics. I assume a lot of these companies still have UX teams but completely ignore what they say when there's even a chance at this quarter being 2% up revenue on data extraction sales or whatever
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Wilkins Micawber posted:Don't say this. My 2 year old cheap smartTV came without a mute button.
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Wilkins Micawber posted:Don't say this. lol wasnt that part of the Telescreens in 1984 or am I misremberimg? you couldnt mute it but you could turn the volume down also I recall at one point Winston figures out its line of sight so he knew where to stand in his lovely apartment for some privacy lmao
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i know it's not workable for many peoples living situations but a decent PC hooked up to a modern TV (that you never connect to the wifi) is really the best way to watch most media. i got handed down a few years old 55" 4k samsung tv from a family member and it's fantastic. ublock origin to block ads and you're sorted. does 120hz with a low input lag mode as well so it's also decent for gaming on too, i think most newer TVs can work well enough compared to a PC monitor. any time i'm at a family members watching things on a TV just seems like a massive UI nightmare full of ads and it drives me nuts.
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wizard2 posted:lol wasnt that part of the Telescreens in 1984 or am I misremberimg? you couldnt mute it but you could turn the volume down The exercises scene is real but instead of a mean government lady, you get a nice lady in yoga pants. All this for a cool 25 bucks a month on top of a 2000 dollar machine that will eat your child. Peloton, Motivation that Moves You
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Woolie Wool posted:It would make sense for Apple to sell smart TVs that solve many of the probkems of regular smart TVs but cost $10,000. Selling de-enshittified tech to rich people for absurd markups has been a pillar of their business for a long time. Apple de-enshittifies tech, and then proceeds to re-enshittify it, just with Apple branded shittification. I would be cutting blank checks to a company that is actually making good, de-enshittified stuff
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here's a recent article about something that got lovely Google Maps has become an eyesore. 5 examples of how the app has lost its way www.fastcompany.com posted:In the perennial battle among mapping services, there are two main competitors: Google Maps and Apple Maps. Google Maps was first out of the gate, in 2005, and has since introduced some truly revolutionary features, such as Street View and real-time business foot traffic. Those types of innovations have enabled Google Maps to become the most-used consumer maps service in the world: In February 2020, The Washington Post estimated that it had an 80% mobile market share.
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Aug 17, 2023 17:00
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List things in chronological order Nooooooo
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teen witch posted:Why the gently caress does it need to take goddamn ten seconds to press a button and get a response. What. Why. No one wants this. I recently worked on a project where I got to use a Samsung development TV. We got to peer behind the veil and look at the OS with root privileges and let me tell you they're massive pieces of crap. Basically a bunch of annoying poo poo bolted onto linux Managed to render the TV unbootable by just messing with the user-controlled application data.
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I assume the delay is them sending all your info back to Seattle or where ever
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Outrail posted:Imgur loving sucks. Give me the goddamn jpg url don't make me click a hundred buttons and gently caress about with editing the url every time. You're an image hosting service, know your place. Imgur desperately wants to be come a social network. Its not gonna happen.
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Canine Blues Arooo posted:Apple de-enshittifies tech, and then proceeds to re-enshittify it, just with Apple branded shittification. I don't really use Apple stuff but from my casual acquaintance Apple enshittifies the internals of their products rather than the UX amd their rich customers are happy to throw their Apple products away and buy new ones. It's an enshittification you don't notice if you make $400k and don't give a gently caress about the environment.
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Woolie Wool posted:I don't really use Apple stuff but from my casual acquaintance Apple enshittifies the internals of their products rather than the UX amd their rich customers are happy to throw their Apple products away and buy new ones. It's an enshittification you don't notice if you make $400k and don't give a gently caress about the environment. Oh they enshittify the UX like the best of them.
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Woolie Wool posted:I don't really use Apple stuff but from my casual acquaintance Apple enshittifies the internals of their products rather than the UX amd their rich customers are happy to throw their Apple products away and buy new ones. It's an enshittification you don't notice if you make $400k and don't give a gently caress about the environment. The UX of Apple products is generally pretty great until you actually need the device to do something. As long as you keep your relationship with Apple firmly in the camp of 'toy' and not 'tool', they generally do OK, but the closer you get to the spectrum of 'tool', the more the software of their products starts to really suck.
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Professor Shark posted:Canadian specific, but Loblaws aka Superstore used to make really good in-house sour cream glaze and chocolate glaze doughnuts, sold in plastic containers (as opposed to their other ones, which are not as good and in cardboard boxes). In another "Galen Weston is the world's worst person" pile, Superstore upped the amount you need to spend to get their free gift. It used to be that if you spent $250 on groceries you get a free gift usually a product package (like a kraft summer BBQ kit with a bunch of sauces or something) but occasionally something actually worthwhile like a really nice quality turkey roasting pan I use every Thanksgiving. A month or so ago, in line with them arbitrarily ratcheting up their prices on all foodstuffs so much so that I have no idea what anything costs at any given time, they changed it to a $300. It's not like it's aligning things with inflation either as 90% of their giveaways are sponsored things from companies like Nestlé or Pepsi, the rest is clearly overstocked stuff they need to clear out of the warehouse like Tupperware. It's been complete garbage since too. The most recent one was a 'back to school' pack of fruit cups. Good stuff.
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Canine Blues Arooo posted:The UX of Apple products is generally pretty great until you actually need the device to do something. As long as you keep your relationship with Apple firmly in the camp of 'toy' and not 'tool', they generally do OK. However, the UX is still better than most things out there you can buy.
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mawarannahr posted:I disagree. The UX is not generally pretty great, but it is also not a toy and there is some powerful stuff you can do on mobile with eg shortcuts. if you like to took around the terminal is right there on macOS. "powerful stuff" compared to a phone. Completely pathetic compared to any other computer. I have a pile of examples of how MacOS just doesn't let you flip or turn a knob from when I was forced to use that trashfire of an OS for development, but my favorite is probably asking people to turn off Mouse Acceleration on MacOS. You can gently caress with .GlobalPreferences, but it won't persist between restarts :P. Just a quintessential MacOS experience, that one.
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