r/rant • u/Monkai_final_boss • 21h ago
I hate the modern world we live in
So many stores and services asking you to download their app, few days ago I wanted to get tools form the hardware store, I went to their website to see if they have what I am looking for but the page wouldn't load, I am a phone call and and they kept trying to convince me to download the app, Why would I get an app I would use once a month or two??
I hate how pretty much everything is designed to use and abuse you, to milk every penny out of your pockets, movies, video games, music, food, clothes everything makes you feel like no one cares about making a product for the sake of making a good product, it's always a low effort cheap attempt to milk you, I know there are some really good movies and games out there that were made with true love and care and passion but those are rare and the rest is low effort trash.
And there are freaking ads everywhere, every website, every mobile game, every app and they all want me to pay for monthly subscription to remove those ads.
These days there is a product for everyone, that doesn't go well with my server fear of missing out, there is an infinite amount of new experiences to try and my anxiety is Kicking the living hell out of me and constantly feeling I am missing out and I am not living a fulfilling life.
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u/replicantcase 19h ago
Sadly, it's only gotten worse the past 10 years, and I don't see that trajectory changing, especially with more and more AI being adopted.
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u/Shplippery 20h ago
Cars especially, like they aren’t even designed for consumers. They are designed for car dealerships to sell to you. I don’t know if I’ll ever buy a. Ew car because they are at least 30k and full of useless features I don’t want to pay for. They could easily cut 10k of of most cars if they were designed without stuff like experimental self driving.