@lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com
2026-09-26 06:27 UTC
The Last Quiet Thing (terrygodier.com)
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@merde@sh.itjust.works 2026-09-26 08:37
Your thermostat has opinions now. Your television requires a login. Your car updates itself overnight, and sometimes when you start it in the morning, the interface has rearranged itself, as if someone broke in and reorganized your dashboard while you slept. Your earbuds won’t play music until they’ve updated their firmware. Your refrigerator wants to be on your Wi-Fi.
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@very_well_lost@lemmy.world 2026-09-27 03:58
That fact that this is one of the most grossly over-engineered websites I’ve ever seen really undercuts the point of the article for me. It’s a fucking blog post. Not everything needs to have animated UI and fancy scrolling and interactive elements. Just let me read, Jesus Christ…