5 Ways Tech INFURIATES Me (But I Still Love It)

 

After reading the title of this article adventure you've probably guessed what it's going to be about. And I'm also sure that you're asking yourself: "I thought he was a tech-lover!". Well, the answer is YES - I am a tech-lover. But sometimes I feel like I've had enough. Let's start: From stupid rebranding, to ads, to AI and much more.

1. Twitter (I Refuse To Call You X!)

Ok, this is for you, Elon Musk (the CEO of X (formerly Twitter), Tesla & SpaceX)! First of all, if you don't know, in August 2023, Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter (Now sadly called X), rebranded Twitter, which was one of the most-loved social media apps around the world to X. Because X is the "coolest" letter in the alphabet and blah, blah, blah. I mean, you must have got my point, right? It seems that Elon Musk is sort of obsessed with the letter X... (X, SpaceX...) I even have a timeline to show you what I mean:

1999 Elon Musk co-established X.com, an online banking platform. His fascination with the letter ‘X’ reportedly began with this venture. However, after merging with Confinity in 2002, the company was rebranded as PayPal by 2015.

2002 Musk co-founded SpaceX, the Space Exploration Technologies Corporation. This aerospace company, which manufactures aircraft, provides launch services, and facilitates satellite communications, is currently valued at $150 billion.

2015 Tesla, Musk’s automotive company, launched its third vehicle, the Model X. This model, along with the Model S, has become one of the top-selling electric vehicles, contributing to 19,225 of the company’s 466,140 deliveries in the last quarter and 10,695 of its 422,875 deliveries in the first quarter of the year.

2017 Musk announced on Twitter that he had reacquired the rights to X.com, citing its “great sentimental value” to him.

April 18, 2023, Musk notified Twitter’s corporate partners about the company’s transition to X Corp, following court documents confirming the dissolution of Twitter, Inc.

July 12, 2023 In collaboration with engineers from Tesla, OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft, Musk launched xAI Corp, an artificial intelligence company. The company’s mission is “to understand the true nature of the universe.”

July 23, 2023, Musk revealed the rebranding of Twitter, a widely-used social networking platform he purchased the previous year for $44 billion, to X.

Not sure what subtle clues gave it way, but I like the letter X pic.twitter.com/nwB2tEfLr8

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 23, 2023

Now it's time for a surprising fact: Elon Musk named one of his children: "X Æ X-ii" He says you pronounce it: "X Ash Twelve". Pretty weird, am I right?

2. Autocorrect That Is Always INCORRECT

I just HATE autocorrect. For example, I type in: Let me pick you up! What my autocorrect does? Let me rick you up! I change it again, so the autocorrect changes my sentence again and again and AGAIN! That's why I switch off autocorrect on all my devices. I don't think there's something else to say except: Autocorrect sucks, and that's something we can all agree on.

3. Trying To Sign In Somewhere (reCAPTCHA)

I really don't know why reCAPTCHA exists other than to infuriate us with blockers so we can't sign in to a site and then it gives you a jumbled-up word to type in which basically looks like hieroglyphics and then you do it wrong so you eventually lose interest to the site you were signing in to and give up!

How am I supposed to guess what this is?!

And when you do it wrong again it gives you an image and you have to choose all the image squares with traffic lights WHAT should I do when the traffic lights go onto the next image box by just 1 NANOMETER?!

What should I do when the traffic lights go onto the next box by just 1 NANOMETER?!

3. Scrolling Through A Site But Instead You Have To Scroll Through An Animation

Do you know the feeling when you're scrolling through a site but instead of going down, you have to scroll through animations, that definitely don't look as good as companies think they do? Well I do, and it drives me crazy!

4. Notifications From Social Apps That You DON'T Need

I hate it when I receive a hundred messages a day from all my apps saying: "Try out our new feature" or "Someone came online on Roblox! Buckle up to enjoy some adventures together!". I know, there is an option to unsubscribe from emails, but when it comes to notifications on your phone, you almost never have an idea how to turn off those notifications you never even asked for! The worst thing is when your important notifications are mixed up with notifications you just randomly get from apps you don't even need!

5. Sony's Product Naming Scheme

Why does Sony think that the best name for their headphones is the "Sony WH 1000 XM-5"? Why just not name it the "Sony XM-5", or even better "Sony Headphones"? 😅

Conclusion:

Tech can be infuriating, frustrating, and emotionally damaging, but we sometimes have to look at the good side of tech, how tech has evolved, and how our lives have gotten much easier because of tech... I hope you enjoyed this essay article journey to "Infuriatatechland" (OK, I admit, I have to think of a better name) and see you next time!

Author: Yahia Ayman (who is sometimes infuriated by technology)

Forbes Business00:4201:12Tim Hardaway On Expectations For This Year’sMiami Heat And What Holds Them BackSURPRISING FACMusk even named one of his 10 children X. Musk and his ex-girlfriend, singer Grimes, have a son who was born in 2020 named X AE A-XII Musk, and a daughter who was born in 2021 named Exa DarkMusk has tweeted about the fondness he has for the letter X—so much so that he brought the domain back from PayPal in 2017.The rebranding of Twitter to X.com comes just over nine months after Musk officially purchased the 2006-founded social media site and when he tweeted, “Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app.” An everything app would allow users to consume news, buy and sell things and more. Musk’s leadership at Twitter has been clouded by mass layoffs, a 59% decline in U.S. ad revenue and the onboarding of a new CEO to replace him. Musk recently reclaimed his title as the richest person in the world with a net worth of $242.3 billion. Musk’s Tesla’s stock is