Like many of the other items on the list, it’s a change that few people actually asked for and it’s more in the name of surveillance capitalism than consumer preferences or consumer choice.
Sure, social media can con children into thinking they need this. And after it’s normalized then adults might point it out as an improvement, but in the end it’s part of why the “improved” phone takes more hours of labor to pay for and the consumer has fewer options than ever with an illusion of more choice.
And expensive that , at least in Europe, nobody is buying them anymore so the industry is going through layoffs.
https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/documents/13237-...
Add the backup camera to the improved restraints, the collision warning system, the blind-spot monitor . . . and soon you're talking about some real money.
One can argue about whether this is good or bad, but they're not really luxury toys.
No, humans are not cavemen, as cavemen lived thousands of years ago and had a different lifestyle than modern humans. The term "caveman" is a stock character that became popular in the early 20th century.
There are things that are better, but "batteries" is the only one from your list that I agree with.
it's a fact that the housing standard of living has gone down for the last 26 years. See this graph: Nominal gpd per capita / case shiller housing index. and you'll see it's down 34% over the last 26 years!
Especially not when both phone manufacturers and car manufacturers are engaging in more and more rent seeking behavior
It is very common to focus on some large things that are bad and think that is the big picture without considering how much all the little things really add up to.