#consumingin2025 — Public Fediverse posts
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Repco doing the dirty on their customers.
Local physical store shut - no electricity.
Phoned their national automated switch board seeking re-opening ETA. Followed instructions.
On hold for 15 minutes then told "Lines busy. Call back in a few minutes."
Trash service from Repco.
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Repco doing the dirty on their customers.
Local physical store shut - no electricity.
Phoned their national automated switch board seeking re-opening ETA. Followed instructions.
On hold for 15 minutes then told "Lines busy. Call back in a few minutes."
Trash service from Repco.
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Repco doing the dirty on their customers.
Local physical store shut - no electricity.
Phoned their national automated switch board seeking re-opening ETA. Followed instructions.
On hold for 15 minutes then told "Lines busy. Call back in a few minutes."
Trash service from Repco.
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Repco doing the dirty on their customers.
Local physical store shut - no electricity.
Phoned their national automated switch board seeking re-opening ETA. Followed instructions.
On hold for 15 minutes then told "Lines busy. Call back in a few minutes."
Trash service from Repco.
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Repco doing the dirty on their customers.
Local physical store shut - no electricity.
Phoned their national automated switch board seeking re-opening ETA. Followed instructions.
On hold for 15 minutes then told "Lines busy. Call back in a few minutes."
Trash service from Repco.
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Been using the DiDi "ride-sharing" "tech-bro taxi" app.
1. Prices have gone up about 23% and I now need to compare their prices and the scummier other provider.
2. Sharing the details of the ride, something pretty important for some riders' security, is not reliably done by DiDi. Multiple instances of the link not arriving at the SMS of the Share-recipient happening here. Yucky, trashy, unsafe.
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Been using the DiDi "ride-sharing" "tech-bro taxi" app.
1. Prices have gone up about 23% and I now need to compare their prices and the scummier other provider.
2. Sharing the details of the ride, something pretty important for some riders' security, is not reliably done by DiDi. Multiple instances of the link not arriving at the SMS of the Share-recipient happening here. Yucky, trashy, unsafe.
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Been using the DiDi "ride-sharing" "tech-bro taxi" app.
1. Prices have gone up about 23% and I now need to compare their prices and the scummier other provider.
2. Sharing the details of the ride, something pretty important for some riders' security, is not reliably done by DiDi. Multiple instances of the link not arriving at the SMS of the Share-recipient happening here. Yucky, trashy, unsafe.
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Been using the DiDi "ride-sharing" "tech-bro taxi" app.
1. Prices have gone up about 23% and I now need to compare their prices and the scummier other provider.
2. Sharing the details of the ride, something pretty important for some riders' security, is not reliably done by DiDi. Multiple instances of the link not arriving at the SMS of the Share-recipient happening here. Yucky, trashy, unsafe.
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Been using the DiDi "ride-sharing" "tech-bro taxi" app.
1. Prices have gone up about 23% and I now need to compare their prices and the scummier other provider.
2. Sharing the details of the ride, something pretty important for some riders' security, is not reliably done by DiDi. Multiple instances of the link not arriving at the SMS of the Share-recipient happening here. Yucky, trashy, unsafe.
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Did some DIY printing of documents at Officeworks.
Changes to the user interface have hidden the ability of the user to change Contrast and Brightness when printing.
What are they, $10,000 printers?
"Fuck the customer, this works for us"?
(The collation/stapling bench is long gone.)
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Did some DIY printing of documents at Officeworks.
Changes to the user interface have hidden the ability of the user to change Contrast and Brightness when printing.
What are they, $10,000 printers?
"Fuck the customer, this works for us"?
(The collation/stapling bench is long gone.)
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Did some DIY printing of documents at Officeworks.
Changes to the user interface have hidden the ability of the user to change Contrast and Brightness when printing.
What are they, $10,000 printers?
"Fuck the customer, this works for us"?
(The collation/stapling bench is long gone.)
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Did some DIY printing of documents at Officeworks.
Changes to the user interface have hidden the ability of the user to change Contrast and Brightness when printing.
What are they, $10,000 printers?
"Fuck the customer, this works for us"?
(The collation/stapling bench is long gone.)
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Did some DIY printing of documents at Officeworks.
Changes to the user interface have hidden the ability of the user to change Contrast and Brightness when printing.
What are they, $10,000 printers?
"Fuck the customer, this works for us"?
(The collation/stapling bench is long gone.)
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Just wasted another 20 minutes trying to get Google Home to connect to Google Chromecast.
smh
how crappy
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Just wasted another 20 minutes trying to get Google Home to connect to Google Chromecast.
smh
how crappy
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Just wasted another 20 minutes trying to get Google Home to connect to Google Chromecast.
smh
how crappy
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Just wasted another 20 minutes trying to get Google Home to connect to Google Chromecast.
smh
how crappy
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Just wasted another 20 minutes trying to get Google Home to connect to Google Chromecast.
smh
how crappy
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Google Android almost got the banking app (last used 3 days ago) uninstalled to make space for a mandatory update of #Whatsapp.
I've got the #MassMarket blues.
My #UX counts for less than a pixel on a 8K display.
#ConsumingIn2025 #IHateIT -
Google Android almost got the banking app (last used 3 days ago) uninstalled to make space for a mandatory update of #Whatsapp.
I've got the #MassMarket blues.
My #UX counts for less than a pixel on a 8K display.
#ConsumingIn2025 #IHateIT -
Google Android almost got the banking app (last used 3 days ago) uninstalled to make space for a mandatory update of #Whatsapp.
I've got the #MassMarket blues.
My #UX counts for less than a pixel on a 8K display.
#ConsumingIn2025 #IHateIT -
Google Android almost got the banking app (last used 3 days ago) uninstalled to make space for a mandatory update of #Whatsapp.
I've got the #MassMarket blues.
My #UX counts for less than a pixel on a 8K display.
#ConsumingIn2025 #IHateIT -
Google Android almost got the banking app (last used 3 days ago) uninstalled to make space for a mandatory update of #Whatsapp.
I've got the #MassMarket blues.
My #UX counts for less than a pixel on a 8K display.
#ConsumingIn2025 #IHateIT -
Premium quality, premium price box of #TeaBags from #Twinings.
Box fails to open when "Pull Here" tabs are pulled.
#BigTea using GenAI in packaging design?
#ExistentialFirstWorldProblems
#Tea
#ProductPackaging
#DesignFail
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Premium quality, premium price box of #TeaBags from #Twinings.
Box fails to open when "Pull Here" tabs are pulled.
#BigTea using GenAI in packaging design?
#ExistentialFirstWorldProblems
#Tea
#ProductPackaging
#DesignFail
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Premium quality, premium price box of #TeaBags from #Twinings.
Box fails to open when "Pull Here" tabs are pulled.
#BigTea using GenAI in packaging design?
#ExistentialFirstWorldProblems
#Tea
#ProductPackaging
#DesignFail
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Premium quality, premium price box of #TeaBags from #Twinings.
Box fails to open when "Pull Here" tabs are pulled.
#BigTea using GenAI in packaging design?
#ExistentialFirstWorldProblems
#Tea
#ProductPackaging
#DesignFail
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Premium quality, premium price box of #TeaBags from #Twinings.
Box fails to open when "Pull Here" tabs are pulled.
#BigTea using GenAI in packaging design?
#ExistentialFirstWorldProblems
#Tea
#ProductPackaging
#DesignFail
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Been trying to get #PhoneSupport from #Australia's #ANZ bank for over 40 minutes.
Wondering if these #Grubs will disconnect the call before I get them to give me the info I seek.
Edit: Still waiting after +60 minutes.
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Been trying to get #PhoneSupport from #Australia's #ANZ bank for over 40 minutes.
Wondering if these #Grubs will disconnect the call before I get them to give me the info I seek.
Edit: Still waiting after +60 minutes.
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Was asked to open the plastic honey tub after a 45 year old massuese known for strong massages was unable to open it even with a spoon.
This is ridiculous - over half the population will be unable to open these food containers. We need government regulation.
#AccessibilityOfPackaging #Packaging #ConsumingIn2025 #AgingInPlace #FoodPackaging
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Was asked to open the plastic honey tub after a 45 year old massuese known for strong massages was unable to open it even with a spoon.
This is ridiculous - over half the population will be unable to open these food containers. We need government regulation.
#AccessibilityOfPackaging #Packaging #ConsumingIn2025 #AgingInPlace #FoodPackaging
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An #ElderlyRelative is heartily sick and tired of taking 5 x #FishOil capsules the size of footballs (hyperbole).
Today the first dessert spoonful of fish oil went down in seconds with no drama.
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An #ElderlyRelative is heartily sick and tired of taking 5 x #FishOil capsules the size of footballs (hyperbole).
Today the first dessert spoonful of fish oil went down in seconds with no drama.
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@vwdasher
And here is the non-profit #LouisRossmann has started.
#ConsumingIn2025 #ConsumerRights #Repair #RightToRepair
https://consumerrights.wiki/Main_Page -
@vwdasher
And here is the non-profit #LouisRossmann has started.
#ConsumingIn2025 #ConsumerRights #Repair #RightToRepair
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Just off a #PhoneCall about an important matter. (Funding.)
The quality of the audio was so poor.
Syllables and words often smearing.Seems to happen quite frequently, but far from "all the time".
I'm thinking the algorithims they're using to shrink the bandwidth of the audio signals are not suitable for the environment they're being used in.
#Enshitification
#PhoneCallAudioQuality
#PhoneAudio
#AudioQuality
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Just off a #PhoneCall about an important matter. (Funding.)
The quality of the audio was so poor.
Syllables and words often smearing.Seems to happen quite frequently, but far from "all the time".
I'm thinking the algorithims they're using to shrink the bandwidth of the audio signals are not suitable for the environment they're being used in.
#Enshitification
#PhoneCallAudioQuality
#PhoneAudio
#AudioQuality
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Yes products and services have become very un-usable for an increasing proportion of the population.
Hidden controls, complex controls, hidden food packaging openings, food jar tops that need tools to lever open, the whole of IT (with a few exceptions), low audio quality phone calls, microscopic print on food packaging are just the ones that spring to mind.
Seems to be a de-couple between design and consumers.
#DesignFails #ConsumingIn2025 #APatternLanguage #ChristopherAlexander
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Yes products and services have become very un-usable for an increasing proportion of the population.
Hidden controls, complex controls, hidden food packaging openings, food jar tops that need tools to lever open, the whole of IT (with a few exceptions), low audio quality phone calls, microscopic print on food packaging are just the ones that spring to mind.
Seems to be a de-couple between design and consumers.
#DesignFails #ConsumingIn2025 #APatternLanguage #ChristopherAlexander
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Not always functioning at 100%?
Well you're doing better than #Officeworks.
Far as I can tell they've got the same barcode on the theft-prevention "Take this card to the counter" cardboard on the SD card display racks as on the real item you're trying to purchase.
So if you don't watch carefully you can go through the checkout and then discover at home that you've paid more than $70 for a bit of cardboard.
Such good service, so convenient, so reliable ... smh
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Not always functioning at 100%?
Well you're doing better than #Officeworks.
Far as I can tell they've got the same barcode on the theft-prevention "Take this card to the counter" cardboard on the SD card display racks as on the real item you're trying to purchase.
So if you don't watch carefully you can go through the checkout and then discover at home that you've paid more than $70 for a bit of cardboard.
Such good service, so convenient, so reliable ... smh
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Just had a #Jaycar aerial connector break apart under mild load.
Just luck that the cable didn't disappear back into the wall cavity.
Off to #Altronics - maybe they'll have something non-fragile?
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Just had a #Jaycar aerial connector break apart under mild load.
Just luck that the cable didn't disappear back into the wall cavity.
Off to #Altronics - maybe they'll have something non-fragile?
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Accessibililty of packaging.
The frozen fish bag below is currently at the edge of accessibility without pliers for me.
My grip strength is probably about average across the nation's population.
This is exclusion of the aged #IMO.
#AccessibilityOfPackaging #Packaging #Woolworths #ConsumingIn2025
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Accessibililty of packaging.
The frozen fish bag below is currently at the edge of accessibility without pliers for me.
My grip strength is probably about average across the nation's population.
This is exclusion of the aged #IMO.
#AccessibilityOfPackaging #Packaging #Woolworths #ConsumingIn2025
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CW: hard beverege
Got given a bottle of the stuff below.
Tasting notes:
Vinegar with heavy acetone and MEK flavours.Foul stuff.
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CW: hard beverege
Got given a bottle of the stuff below.
Tasting notes:
Vinegar with heavy acetone and MEK flavours.Foul stuff.