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Am I the Genius?

What "Improvement" RUINED a Product?

Am I the Genius?

amithejerk.com

Education, Self-improvement

4.6766 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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0:00.0

When did an improvement ruin a product?

0:05.0

Algorithm-based timelines instead of chronological ones.

0:10.0

Cuff! Facebook!

0:12.0

Instagram!

0:13.0

I love seeing posts from five days ago at the top of my feed.

0:17.0

Facebook mid-video ads.

0:20.0

Screw that, personalized ads.

0:22.9

It just makes me scroll down my feed.

0:24.9

There hasn't been a single video that I hadn't skipped every time an ad comes up.

0:29.1

Literally the second I see that little countdown to an ad pop-up, I lose all interest in the video and close it.

0:36.5

I hate the new plastic snapple bottles.

0:41.3

Weather.com. It used to provide me with accurate weather forecasts. It is now one giant cesspool of clickbait articles with questionable weather numbers mixed in sporadically.

0:53.3

Literally everything about iTunes.

0:57.0

Someone once called it a software update utility that also plays music.

1:01.0

Someone here has already said Facebook, but I need to make a special mention for Messenger.

1:07.0

FU Messenger. Yes, I know I added a friend because I've freaking added them.

1:13.1

When a story gets traction, the author generally says, oh gosh, this isn't what I want to be

1:17.6

remembered for on the internet. For me, this is exactly what I want to be remembered for. F you,

1:23.2

Messenger, you piece of crap. Messenger treats us like we're people from commercials. Hey, John,

1:29.7

just wanted to let you know I've connected with you on Facebook. Wow, that's great to hear, Simon.

1:35.6

Digital cable. Cable used to flip channels instantly. All you had to do was remember a two-digit

1:41.3

number for each channel. Now it takes 30 seconds to load up every

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