Tech That Sucks
The update that reboots your laptop halfway through a sentence
Forced updates solve a genuine security problem and were handed to teams whose job is compliance, not your afternoon.
Anwesha Tripathy
Technology writer, SuckButt
Anwesha writes about software that got worse and interfaces that hide the cancel button.
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Tech That Sucks
When the server retires, your perfectly good gadget becomes a paperweight
Cloud dependence turns hardware into a subscription that nobody described as one, and the end date is set by somebody else entirely.
Tech That Sucks
Your television boots into an advertisement it downloaded overnight
The panel was sold at a price that only works if the set keeps earning afterwards. The home screen is where that happens.
Tech That Sucks
Bluetooth: two devices that can see each other and refuse to speak
Pairing failures are not random. They come from a small set of causes, and knowing them turns a ten-minute ordeal into a…
Tech That Sucks
Storage full, and the largest file is something called Other
Devices fill with caches, duplicates and system reserves that no file manager will show you, and the cleanup tools are mostly…
Tech That Sucks
This lamp would like you to create an account
A local device asking for an email address is asking for something, and it is not usually the ability to switch on a light.
Money Suckers
Declined, and then charged for being declined
Fees for insufficient funds land on accounts that by definition have no money in them, which is the part that has attracted…
Money Suckers
The price changed because of the phone you are holding
Personalised pricing uses what a seller knows about you to estimate what you will pay. It is legal in many places and hard to…