Tech you miss/ new tech trends you hate - ok boomers

Never Scored said:
The weird thing is Skype already did a lot of the same stuff, worked OK and Microsoft owns that, so why didn't they just do a business version of Skype with more features?
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Kalsarikännit said:
They raped and murdered Skype after they bought it, flayed it, and stitched the skin back together and called it Teams.
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The timeline is stupid too. They had Lync, which was very MSN-y, and now I miss it in retrospect. Then they bought Skype, which they rebranded Lync into Skype for Business, until they decided to fuck that over and push Teams instead.
 
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Gamepads said:
The timeline is stupid too. They had Lync, which was very MSN-y, and now I miss it in retrospect. Then they bought Skype, which they rebranded Lync into Skype for Business, until they decided to fuck that over and push Teams instead.
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That's not even getting into "classic" Teams and "new" Teams.
 
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for those that miss web 1.0 stuff i just found a really cool search engine https://wiby.me/about/
In the early days of the web, pages were made primarily by hobbyists, academics, and computer savvy people about subjects they were personally interested in. Later on, the web became saturated with commercial pages that overcrowded everything else. All the personalized websites are hidden among a pile of commercial pages. Google isn't great at finding them, its focus is on finding answers to technical questions, and it works well; but finding things you didn't know you wanted to know, which was the real joy of web surfing, no longer happens. In addition, many pages today are created using bloated scripts that add slick cosmetic features in order to mask the lack of content available on them. Those pages contribute to the blandness of today's web.

The Wiby search engine is building a web of pages as it was in the earlier days of the internet. In addition, Wiby helps vintage computers to continue browsing the web, as pages indexed are more suitable for their performance.
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Instant_Pot_User said:
Old Outlook is a proper native application, New Outlook is yet another website in a wrapper.
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Linux used to have a Teams client(which may still have been Electron but it worked) now they say "Use this webapp"
So I try it. I always do audio on my phone since I know that works. I try and share my screen... and nothing happens. Luckily I still had the Linux client installed so I didn't fuck up a call with a paying customer.
 
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I use grey theme in MS Office at work, made mistake of trying out "New Outlook", its dark theme is basically "set color of everything but text to black". That's lazy as fuck. I may as well set Windows theme to "high contrast". Can't wait until it's forced on me, also it is slow and laggy, fuck webdevs.
 
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ZMOT said:
ironically for a while I assumed this is for increased security since most people only ever have one-two phone numbers and it's a pretty easy solution to 2fa (since normalfags can't stop re-using passwords). however I learned recently zoomers and above seem to constantly buy new phones with new numbers (because again having the same number for years was apparently a curiosity too).
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It's because of prepaid phones. Think esims could be another reason.
 
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however I learned recently zoomers and above seem to constantly buy new phones with new numbers
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Because every website demands a phone number, and there's been so many phone numbers recycled, that collision has been happening more and more. They limit how many times a number can be used for a website. You need to find a number that hasn't been used (at least that much) with the website you're trying to sign up for.
 
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Internet browsers like Brave having non functional search features even when you type in the exact link to a site. Kiwifarms for example, even if its in your favorites list. Fuck you Jewsh. Brave is complete ass and a glorified cryptominer (BAT) that runs regardless of your consent. Stop shilling it.
 
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I hate when I get a new phone and shit is just worse.
Integrated text to speach button on the keyboard: gone
Super fancy triple camera: wont read fucking QR codes.
Shake for flashlight? Lol fuck you
Spell check: lol fuck you if a word is above a 4th grade reading level
It make me want to throw this fucking thing into an industrial shredder.
 
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New stuff I hate:
RCS is the worst fucking protocol to ever exist. Everyone was so excited when it was made because it has more features than SMS/MMS. However, it is so proprietary that you are pretty much relent on the Google Jibe servers in order to use it. The RCS protocol is basically owned by Google, and is another shitty proprietary Google messaging service. In addition, there is no RCS API that you can use, so if you want to use RCS you are forced to use the shitty Google Messages app. I don't know why or how iOS added RCS support, but their implementation of RCS is shit and is missing many features. Honestly, even though SMS/MMS is shit, i still prefer it over RCS.
In addition, Android has been slowly going to shit for a while. The main reason I use android is because it is more open than iOS. However, is seems like every single day Google does everything that it can to make it more locked down. From making everything relient on Google Play Services to making it almost impossible to access the DATA and OBB features, it's really feeling like Android is going to complete shit.
Old Stuff I miss:
3G and 2G. They are way more reliable than 4G and 5G for basic stuff like texting and phone calls, they have a way larger range, and their signals can reach places that 4G and 5G can't. I don't care about mobile data or stupid shit like that, I just want to use an old phone that has reliable texting and phone calls, and I don't want my cellular conenction to cut off just because I stood in the wrong room.
In addition, the death of 2G and 3G has been terrible for emergencies. Whenever a hurricane or a tornado comes along and knocks out the cell tower that is closest to you, you will pretty much be fucked if you need to call someone and are relient on 4G/5G. The 4G/5G signals from towers further away will not be able to reach you. But you know what could've reach you? The 2G and 3G signals that were phased out for some fucking reason.
 
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