Why Smart Devices are so stupid..
Why are smart devices so fucking stupid nowadays? Do you remember when you bought a device, took it out of the box, plugged it in, and it just... worked? Yeah, those days are gone. Smart devices nowadays are constantly updating, constantly breaking, constantly spying, and somehow every single update makes the apps that run on them feel stupider than the version before. If you have ever screamed at a television because it needed a software update before it would let you watch anything, this rant is for you. Short version: smart devices aren't broken. They are working exactly as designed. Just not for you. The update that broke your device at 3 a.m. Let's start with the single most annoying thing about modern smart devices: the updates. Your phone, your TV, your watch, your thermostat, your washing machine, everything runs software now, and software needs updates. That would be fine if updates actually improved things. Instead, the update arrives at the worst possible moment, t...