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For me it’s definitely how slow and bloated they become after a few years like all I want is to open Youtube or Netflix but somehow the tv needs to think about it for 10 business days first lol

I also hate how many ads and recommendations are being pushed directly onto home screens now it feels weird buying a tv with your own money and still getting advertised to every time you turn it on...another annoying thing is when apps suddenly stop being supported even though the tv itself is perfectly fine

What’s your biggest annoyance with modern smart TVs?

I genuinely don’t understand why apps keep redesigning interfaces that were already working fine half the time the update just makes everything harder to find for no reason, Instagram especially has been annoying me lately because I work as a social media manager for a brand and every random ui/layout change somehow ruins the flow I already got used to...buttons move around, engagement insights get buried somewhere else, feeds start looking weird, then you have to adjust everything again

It feels like companies redesign stuff just so it looks “new” even if the older version was more practical, sometimes I swear apps confuse constant change with innovation lol

What app redesign annoyed you the most?

Does anyone else feel like the internet started feeling smaller because of recommendation algorithms, every app keeps showing the same types of posts, same opinions, same music, same creators over and over once it figures out what you like. On one hand, it's convenient because your feed becomes more personalized, but at the same time I feel like discovering random stuff naturally became way harder compared to before...

Even on youtube or spotify, I sometimes notice the algorithm pushing the same things repeatedly instead of actually helping me find something different or maybe I'm just online too much?? What do you guys think?

For me it’s when an app bombards you with popups the second you open it “enable notifications” “start free trial” “rate our app” “allow tracking” all within like 10 seconds lol another one is when basic features are locked behind subscriptions for no reason

Especially apps that suddenly want a monthly payment just to remove ads or unlock something that used to be standard, also hate when apps are overloaded with ads to the point where it feels risky to even tap the screen because everything looks like a fake button

What instantly makes an app feel cheap or low quality to you?

trying to stop myself from checking my phone every few minutes for absolutely no reason, sometimes i unlock it, open an app, then realize i didn’t even need to check anything in the first place lol, it’s become such an automatic habit at this point also trying to cut down on having way too many tabs open because somehow i convince myself i’ll “come back to them later” and never do

what about you guys, any tech habits you’ve been trying to break lately?

For me, two that come to mind are ShareX and Obsidian.... ShareX is insanely useful for screenshots, screen recording, file uploads, basically a bunch of stuff packed into one app and Obsidian (this was recommended to me by a my writer friend) made organizing notes way easier for me without forcing subscriptions or cloud lock-in both feel way more polished than some paid software i’ve tried lol

What about you guys, any underrated free tools you think deserve more attention?

currently using an asus vivobook with 8gb ram (max upgrade is 12gb but i didn’t bother since it didn’t feel worth it), had it since around 2022 it still works fine for light stuff, but i can feel the limits sometimes, especially when multitasking

i’m planning to get a new device soon and wondering if 16gb is enough moving forward

for context i mostly play fps games and for work it’s pretty light, just slack, google workspace, browser tabs, nothing too heavy like video editing

don’t really want to overspend if 16gb is already enough, but also don’t want to regret it later

for those with similar usage, is 16gb still the sweet spot or should i be looking at 32gb already?

got an ipad a while back thinking i’d use it for a bunch of things, but most days it ends up being for notes, a bit of browsing, and the occasional video it’s nice to have, especially for school stuff, but i feel like i’m not really using it to its full potential i’ve tried using it for more “productive” things but i always end up going back to my laptop for actual work

just wondering how you guys use yours day to day, do you actually rely on it or is it more of a secondary device for you?

Hot take but removing sd card slots was a bad move and i’m kinda tired of pretending it wasn’t, not everyone wants to pay monthly just to keep their own photos and videos accessible...back then you could just throw in a bigger sd card and you’re good, no subscriptions, no juggling storage, no “upgrade to 256gb or else”

Now it feels like you’re being pushed into cloud storage whether you like it or not, and yeah internal storage is faster, but for most people that doesn’t even matter for everyday use, it just feels like one of those changes that benefits companies more than users

Anyone else feel this way or did you fully switch to cloud and never looked back?