Personal Finance Topics / Macroeconomic Trends and Risks
No. of Recommendations: 31
“I don’t want to connect my coffee machine to the Wifi network. I don’t want to share the file with OneDrive. I don’t want to download an app to check my car’s fluid levels. I don’t want to scan a QR code to view the restaurant menu. I don’t want to let Google know my location before showing me the search results.
I don’t want to include a Teams link on the calendar invite. I don’t want to pay 50 different monthly subscription fees for all my software. I don’t want to upgrade to TurboTax platinum plus audit protection. I don’t want to install the Webex plugin to join the meeting. I don’t want to share my car’s braking data with the actuaries at State Farm.
I don’t want to text with your AI chatbot. I don’t want to download the Instagram app to look at your picture. I don’t want to type in my email address to view the content on your company’s website. I don’t want text messages with promo codes. I don’t want to leave your company a five-star Google review in exchange for the chance to win a $20 Starbucks gift card.
I don’t want to join your exclusive community in the metaverse. I don’t want AI to help me write my comments on LinkedIn. I don’t even want to be on LinkedIn in the first place.
I just want to pay for a product one time (and only one time), know that it’s going to work flawlessly, press 0 to speak to an operator if I need help, and otherwise be left alone and treated with some small measure of human dignity, if that’s not too much to ask anymore.”
~ Robert Sterling
No. of Recommendations: 3
Yeah, often simpler is better. I'm a tech person and have done a lot of very complex things but lots of things work fine with minimal options and no wifi capability.
I don't need a smart tv, I can use a firestick, roku, etc. if I want it to be smart.
I don't need a washer/dryer to be smart and provide downloaded jingles to notify me laundry is done. Instead make one that last a long time like they used to last.
And Southwest Airlines, figure out how to make an app/website that works.
And no one cares what I want :(
No. of Recommendations: 1
yet, i still want to invest in tech companies that try to make money off all those annoying things.
No. of Recommendations: 5
>> I just want to pay for a product one time (and only one time), know that it’s going to work flawlessly, press 0 to speak to an operator if I need help, and otherwise be left alone and treated with some small measure of human dignity, if that’s not too much to ask anymore.”
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