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A problem for tech companies but not the world.
by hexator 2y ago
A problem for tech companies but not the world.
- gambiting 2y agoGet ready to be sold the exact same thing you already own, just "with AI" now.
- yieldcrv 2y agoI’m all for advancements in the size of various models able to be loaded onto devices, and the amount of fast ram available for them
- gambiting 2y agoSure, but why is my Samsung tumble dryer "enhanced with AI" now? You know what it does? You turn it on, it shows "optimising with AI" on the screen....to show you the most used programme. That's not AI, that's a counter in a text file somewhere. But of course everything has to have AI now so my tumble dryer now has AI. The market has spoken.
- nerdponx 2y agoAnd in the meantime the real physical buttons that last for millions of presses have been replaced with finicky touch buttons that don't work when there's a drop of moisture on the screen, and the whole panel dies after 2 years (only 1 year warranty sorry) and they don't sell replacements so you have to buy a new dryer or get a janky offbrand replacement off of Ebay and spend an afternoon trying to figure out how to install it (if it's even possible). This is robber baron behavior. We aren't sending our kids to the coal breakers anymore (at least not until OSHA is shut down and child labor laws are ruled unconstitutional violations of the 1st amendment), but we are all being squeezed to the limits of our incomes and sanities, so directors and investors and the CEO can buy more yachts.
- thmsths 2y agoWe need to enforce minimum warranty periods per product category. We already have a detailed classification of every single product for import duty purposes, let's reuse that and apply specific warranties. For instance, a car or an appliance should have a 5 years warranty. They simply consume too much resources to produce, transport and recycle to justify a shorter lifespan.
- encom 2y agoWhat "programs" does a tumble dryer even need? You press the ON button, and it should continue until its contents are dry.
- gambiting 2y agoWell that's another gimmick, right. It has like 20 different programs, but the one I only ever use is "Cotton - extra dry" because that's the one that actually gets everything properly dry. Every other setting leaves things slightly wet which I don't understand how that's desirable by anyone.
- callc 2y agoAnd obsolescence via “TPM2”!
- teamonkey 2y agoA problem when the world’s pension funds contain significant holdings of US tech stocks