Seems like many companies product quality has plummeted over the last few years. For example, Google (despite its flaws), used to have good products and services. Now they are virtually unusable.

My doctor sent me forms to my Gmail and I never got them. I looked it up and apparently Gmail has the document provider blocked so you literally cannot get medical forms. Stuff like this happens all the time now! Their search engine is nothing but sponsored ads now.

This is just the tip of the iceberg. I just think it’s funny that capitalism ends up making much much worse products over time.

    • bleepingblorp@lemmygrad.ml
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      3 years ago

      What!? The iPhone with the longer screen and rearranged camera lenses isn’t a feat of engineering compared to the iPhone with the slightly smaller screen?! But the shiny commercials said it was!

      • MexicanCCPBot@lemmygrad.ml
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        3 years ago

        Never mind Apple implementing features 2 years after every other major manufacturer already did, and also a bit worse. Bruh why do Americans like those shits, is it really just status?

        • Muad'Dibber@lemmygrad.ml
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          3 years ago

          It very much is status. Every time I visit bourgeois liberal cities, its iphones and teslas everywhere. They sell identities to rich liberals who have none of their own.

        • carpe_modo@lemmygrad.ml
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          3 years ago

          Most of the people I know with are just still with them because at this point, they’re around the same price as other phones, and they’re used to how iPhones work. There used to be a huge brand loyalty thing. It was weird. It got enough people used to them that they just don’t wanna relearn another system.

            • carpe_modo@lemmygrad.ml
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              3 years ago

              Huawei is banned. Xiaomi won’t sell here because the only way to get any market share is through the carriers, and they don’t want to partner with the carriers. Understandable. Most people here don’t want to partner with the carriers, either.

                • carpe_modo@lemmygrad.ml
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                  3 years ago

                  That slightly might be the issue. Carriers here wouldn’t allow a phone significantly cheaper than the ones already here.

            • Muad'Dibber@lemmygrad.ml
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              3 years ago

              I’m in the US and have a Xiaomi, but you’re right, the carriers here don’t carry them, you have to order them from China or an ebay reseller and hope your carrier lets you bring on the phone. Still worth it, its a more reliable samsung that costs hundreds less.

              • zigzagadhesive@lemmy.ml
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                3 years ago

                Is there any research you did to give you certainty that the phone model you chose would work on your carrier? Assuming technical compatibility, is a CN phone guaranteed to work on your network? Or are u.s. carriers playing games like banning MACs (or equivalent) of certain manufacturer’s devices?

                Thanks!

      • i_must_destroy@lemmygrad.mlOP
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        3 years ago

        I’m so sick of Apple’s constant bugs that I contemplated going to Android. I briefly got on my moms Android phone and it was full of junk! Love how there is just a choice between two bad products and you can’t even use a Huwai phone in the US.