Shut the Fuck Up

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ricardbejarano

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The article 'Shut the Fuck Up' discusses the frustration with modern technology, particularly the prevalence of ads, dark patterns, and poor design, sparking a discussion on HN about the causes and consequences of these issues.

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throwmeaway222

3 months ago

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everyone seems mad these days

r_lee

3 months ago

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for a good reason.

everything is enshittified and most of the global economy is just financial engineering

chankstein38

3 months ago

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100% it's just a way to get us to buy things. Sometimes it feels like the rich are all trying to plan their exit by finding any way possible to take money from people.

palmotea

3 months ago

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> Sometimes it feels like the rich are all trying to plan their exit by finding any way possible to take money from people.

I think it's just mindless, and not in service of any kind of plan.

But that's really unsatisfying, so there's a strong temptation to think there's a plan and look for one. Sort of like the situations that lead to conspiracy theories.

chankstein38

3 months ago

100% agree! When I say or think what I said above I do tend to feel like a conspiracy nut, which isn't typical. It's just hard not to just think they're all evil at this point but you're surely correct that it's just mindless stuff that causes the numbers to go up and they like that. (Like the other response said)

Ekaros

3 months ago

Somehow I am starting to feel like that it is not even about taking the money or exit. It is about making numbers go up. Anything for that goal. Without any actual plan for end goal or keeping it together in the end.

ranger_danger

3 months ago

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> for a good reason

Why do you let other people control your emotions? How is that healthy?

bdangubic

3 months ago

1 reply

if I came and rubbed a feather on your neck while you try to work would you be able to control your emotions or would you punch me in the mouth in rage? :)

ranger_danger

3 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence

r_lee

3 months ago

1 reply

It's not "other people" but the state of the world, how could people not be affected by their environment?

if the economy is collapsing, constant layoffs, stuff getting worse and more expensive, how could I just say everything is fine and ignore reality?

ranger_danger

3 months ago

You don't have to say it's fine, but you also don't have to get mad at it.

One can still control their emotions while acknowledging reality.

frizlab

3 months ago

1 reply

While I agree with the sentiment, technically you can always fill in the username password via the password manager now (at least on iOS).

boston_clone

3 months ago

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Some people don’t use the iOS password manager to accommodate a diverse tech ecosystem. As such,

> 1Password can not fill the web form of the in app browser

frizlab

3 months ago

1 reply

Oh my bad. I was convinced it worked with any password manager, but I verified and it does indeed works only with the iOS password manager.

boston_clone

3 months ago

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I just want to say thank you for reading and responding thoughtfully to my comment and taking the correction in stride. High five, homie.

frizlab

3 months ago

My pleasure! It’s just normal (though sadly uncommon online…)

zkmon

3 months ago

Well, the success of enshittification reflects a lot about general population. Just like how the meaningless TV content reflects people's taste. It's just evolution. Things boil down to what people really want or can tolerate.

WesolyKubeczek

3 months ago

I thought the article would be about comment sections of different internet platforms like this one, or reddit, or youtube, or facebook, or literally anything with comments sections, where people should shut the fuck up if they don’t know what they are yapping about, and how the world would be a better place for it, but it disappointed me in that regard.

sussmannbaka

3 months ago

It turns out that offline is less annoying than online now. sure, you can't block the ads, but at least none of my daily transactions make me wish great harm upon the other person. everything in the article is enabled by the customer not being able to punch the engineer, who coded the feature, in the face. or management, who demanded the feature to be as horrible as possible, A/B-tested to perfect the needle with which it will torment you. being shielded and removed to this degree from the user, the customer, doesn't drive healthy products.

s1artibartfast

3 months ago

The only way to win is to not play.

boston_clone

3 months ago

Delightfully appropriate article for a Monday morning.

The constancy of ads, popups, dark patterns, and general “enshittification” genuinely pushes me towards a Luddite mentality.

As a cybersecurity professional, I enjoy not having any smart devices in my home. It’s not worth the hassle of initial configuration and maintenance, but the peace of mind from reducing impact of inevitable data breaches that reveal just how much telemetry is captured from a simple device is eternally appealing.

Reduce, reuse, recycle; in that order. We must all stop obsessing over the new hot piece of tech that inevitable ends up improperly disposed in landfills.

The profanity in the title is well-applied for the situation, imo.

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