Re:Do People Hate the Tech Industry Now?
by ghusto on Thursday March 16, 2023 @02:34AM
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Came to say this, glad someone else is doing down in flames with me ;)
To all the "yeah but what about all the good it's done" comments: I would gladly give all that up if it meant going back to the standards we had before around 2007 (though for me the 90s was the best time, I don't know how much of that has to do with the rose tint that teenagerhood gives you).
Even some of the good it's done is questionable. I can now order exactly what I want from a range of online shops at 2am, instead of going to the single jeans shop in my town and having to settle for the wrong size in the wrong brand. The flip side is that local shops have gone out of business, resulting in a loss of community, with all the ills that brings. Besides which, psychologists would argue that getting what you want isn't a good thing (and after years of getting what I want, I can confirm).
To all the "yeah but what about all the good it's done" comments: I would gladly give all that up if it meant going back to the standards we had before around 2007 (though for me the 90s was the best time, I don't know how much of that has to do with the rose tint that teenagerhood gives you).
Even some of the good it's done is questionable. I can now order exactly what I want from a range of online shops at 2am, instead of going to the single jeans shop in my town and having to settle for the wrong size in the wrong brand. The flip side is that local shops have gone out of business, resulting in a loss of community, with all the ills that brings. Besides which, psychologists would argue that getting what you want isn't a good thing (and after years of getting what I want, I can confirm).