Are these symptoms of a trend?

A bit of a rant and very anecdotal, but... taken together they seem like a trend... or do I just have really bad luck? Two months ago, I had intermittent internet problems. I bought a new modem only to be told a month later (after it worked) that the modem belonged to someone else! I had to rent a new modem but after a couple days of more connection issues. This time I had detailed logs - we escalated the issue to on-site support. The tech came by, swapped the modem and 'fixed' the issue. I hadn't noticed until this evening that the "fix" was to run a bright orange cable from the connection box, across my lawn, to my house. Amazing it hasn't been cut by the lawn guys, or the neighborhood kids haven't tripped over it. Then, my smart phone died while I was looking at the time. I had to get a new phone... Now, my new, 2-week old smart phone has problems... - Downloaded at least 50MB of data /while I was sleeping/, even when Restrict Background Data was enabled - Continues to report daily increases in data usage, even though mobile data is completely off. - Fails to receive group (MMS) messages, but only when WiFi is turned on. - My provider will replace the phone with either a new /or/ a refurbished phone. (Huh? $700 for a possibly refurbished phone?) Then, I had to turn off automatic updates on my Windows 10 desktop after the computer restarted /while I was typing something/! (?) Even with automatic updates turned off, the Windows 10 box just did something scary. It popped-up a DOS box and downloaded a bunch of Ubuntu stuff (flashed by too quick to see specifics, but I did see 'Ubuntu' a few times.). Now, my 2-day old Dell laptop failed to install Google Chrome. Also, it will not open up a few select emails from within MS Edge. Ugh. Are others having to deal with so many quality issues? Is this 'normal'? Or, maybe I'm on the fsociety hit-list? It just all feels like anti-progress.