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On 08/04/2026 16:19, athel.cb@gmail.com wrote:
> Can someone explain to me why companies who make things like
> computers and portable telephones love to introduce new "features"
> that no one wants or needs and whose main effect is to make the thing
> more difficult to use?
Ah. Clever Science Man say New Shiny Thing make everything better...

So it has to be newer, and shiner,m and have loads ofd amazing features
no one ever knew they didnt want,  to 'differentiate' it from products
that *actually work*&

In short, dear boy, marketing

> My (oldish) iPhone has real physical button at the bottom that I use
> all the time. When my wife's more fancy iPhone came out they decided
> to replace this with a touch-screen "button" that is a pain in the
> neck to use. Why?
> 

Saves cost. As any sad purchaser of anyt Sinclair product knows, 
Buttons That Work are unaffordable in cheapo consumer shit


> Our bank is just as bad. I probably should check our current account
> every month, but in practice it's more like every three or four
> months. Almost every time I find they've changed something to make
> accessing the account more difficult.

Thank Clapton my 25 years old PIN sentry (re batteried) still works, as 
do bank transfers.

-- 
“People believe certain stories because everyone important tells them,
and people tell those stories because everyone important believes them.
Indeed, when a conventional wisdom is at its fullest strength, one’s
agreement with that conventional wisdom becomes almost a litmus test of
one’s suitability to be taken seriously.”

Paul Krugman

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