Tales From The Enshittified World
@tftew.bsky.social
Why does nothing work anymore
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One aspect of enshittification we don’t talk about is the way ads have wormed their way into totally unrelated things, like when you order food and they “unlock” a special off the for something else.
I just bought a sandwich I do not need a discount on the New York Times.
I just bought a sandwich I do not need a discount on the New York Times.
August 29, 2026 at 5:27 PM
One aspect of enshittification we don’t talk about is the way ads have wormed their way into totally unrelated things, like when you order food and they “unlock” a special off the for something else.
I just bought a sandwich I do not need a discount on the New York Times.
I just bought a sandwich I do not need a discount on the New York Times.
The way you click on an Instagram reels link and it will show you literally anything other than what the sender intended.....
July 26, 2026 at 3:25 AM
The way you click on an Instagram reels link and it will show you literally anything other than what the sender intended.....
"Stop fucking things up just to shove more ads and algorithm nonsense into my face"
kotaku.com/its-not-just...
kotaku.com/its-not-just...
The New Roku Update Is Terrible And Everyone Hates It
Stop fucking things up just to shove more ads and algorithm nonsense into my face
kotaku.com
July 14, 2026 at 5:16 AM
"Stop fucking things up just to shove more ads and algorithm nonsense into my face"
kotaku.com/its-not-just...
kotaku.com/its-not-just...
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I am trying to sign up for a service work needs me to use and it has the most insane password requirements.
- Must be at least seven letters
- Must not exceed eight letters
- One digit
- One symbol
- Cannot include a name
- Cannot start with a capital letter
- Must include a capital letter
- Must be at least seven letters
- Must not exceed eight letters
- One digit
- One symbol
- Cannot include a name
- Cannot start with a capital letter
- Must include a capital letter
July 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
I am trying to sign up for a service work needs me to use and it has the most insane password requirements.
- Must be at least seven letters
- Must not exceed eight letters
- One digit
- One symbol
- Cannot include a name
- Cannot start with a capital letter
- Must include a capital letter
- Must be at least seven letters
- Must not exceed eight letters
- One digit
- One symbol
- Cannot include a name
- Cannot start with a capital letter
- Must include a capital letter
My internet is down, so I open the app on my phone to try to get help and all I get is this....
July 3, 2026 at 4:25 PM
My internet is down, so I open the app on my phone to try to get help and all I get is this....
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this is the best time in human history to be alive if you love opening a box and finding a smaller box inside it
July 2, 2026 at 4:24 PM
this is the best time in human history to be alive if you love opening a box and finding a smaller box inside it
This week I tried to cancel a dentist appointment and it sent me to an AI Voice Agent. I said I wanted to cancel and it keep asking me if I wanted to reschedule and I'm like no cancel and its like ok reschedule......
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
How do people in the US describe customer service in 2026? ‘Debilitating, depressing, enraging. Ugh’
We asked people in the US about their customer service battles and hundreds responded on the financial and emotional costs
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2026 at 4:20 AM
This week I tried to cancel a dentist appointment and it sent me to an AI Voice Agent. I said I wanted to cancel and it keep asking me if I wanted to reschedule and I'm like no cancel and its like ok reschedule......
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Has anyone else noticed that automatic paper towel dispensers everywhere seem to have been re-set to dispense much shorter towels? Shorter than most hands are?
June 22, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Has anyone else noticed that automatic paper towel dispensers everywhere seem to have been re-set to dispense much shorter towels? Shorter than most hands are?
The Instagram Mute options have looked like this for days now....
June 22, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The Instagram Mute options have looked like this for days now....
These are not the stops for this train 🙃
June 19, 2026 at 9:02 PM
These are not the stops for this train 🙃
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Anyone else have a notification of 10+ chat requests but with no unread chat requests going back 6 months? @support.bsky.team
June 19, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Anyone else have a notification of 10+ chat requests but with no unread chat requests going back 6 months? @support.bsky.team
Google Maps doesn't think the street outside my apartment exists, so it gives me insane run-around directions to get home when, instead, I could just drive down this street.
Don't they track android phones? Can't they see people driving down this street?
#GoogleMapsWhy
Don't they track android phones? Can't they see people driving down this street?
#GoogleMapsWhy
June 18, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Google Maps doesn't think the street outside my apartment exists, so it gives me insane run-around directions to get home when, instead, I could just drive down this street.
Don't they track android phones? Can't they see people driving down this street?
#GoogleMapsWhy
Don't they track android phones? Can't they see people driving down this street?
#GoogleMapsWhy
Ok so Youtube Movies & TV and YoutubeTV are two different subscriptions? What?
June 18, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Ok so Youtube Movies & TV and YoutubeTV are two different subscriptions? What?
I used to be able to say 'ok Google call Mom' to my android auto connected Samsung phone while I was driving and it would call my Mom. But inexplicably the last couples weeks, it registers the request but then just errors and says it can't do that.
June 16, 2026 at 4:51 AM
I used to be able to say 'ok Google call Mom' to my android auto connected Samsung phone while I was driving and it would call my Mom. But inexplicably the last couples weeks, it registers the request but then just errors and says it can't do that.
My car has a recall. I go to the dealership website, where you can make other kinds of appointments, but it say you have to call them for the recall. I am a Millennial, I don't make phone calls, but fine. I call. And I am greeted with a lengthy pre-recorded message then put on hold. 1/3
June 10, 2026 at 4:25 PM
My car has a recall. I go to the dealership website, where you can make other kinds of appointments, but it say you have to call them for the recall. I am a Millennial, I don't make phone calls, but fine. I call. And I am greeted with a lengthy pre-recorded message then put on hold. 1/3
A venue recently gave me directions to their location saying: 'Google Maps tells you to take a left on a street that is one way in the other direction, so take the next left instead'
Why is it impossible to get things like this fixed on Google Maps??
#GoogleMapsWhy
Why is it impossible to get things like this fixed on Google Maps??
#GoogleMapsWhy
June 8, 2026 at 6:11 PM
A venue recently gave me directions to their location saying: 'Google Maps tells you to take a left on a street that is one way in the other direction, so take the next left instead'
Why is it impossible to get things like this fixed on Google Maps??
#GoogleMapsWhy
Why is it impossible to get things like this fixed on Google Maps??
#GoogleMapsWhy
If you are going to put me on hold forever, just play the music so I can put it on speaker and do other things while I wait. When you interrupt every minute to say this, you hold my attention hostage so I can't even concentrate on something else 🫠
Nothing says that my call is very important to you like putting me on hold and having your AI agent tell me "your call is very important to us" once every two minutes for over 20 minutes.
June 8, 2026 at 3:14 PM
If you are going to put me on hold forever, just play the music so I can put it on speaker and do other things while I wait. When you interrupt every minute to say this, you hold my attention hostage so I can't even concentrate on something else 🫠
WTAF are we doing
I tried to donate a car to Habitat for Humanity but they've outsourced their donation program to a 3rd-party, that sells to an auction house that then sells to used car dealers.
Habitat gets little or nothing which defeats the entire purpose of donating to them.
Enshittification of everything.
Habitat gets little or nothing which defeats the entire purpose of donating to them.
Enshittification of everything.
June 7, 2026 at 7:26 PM
WTAF are we doing
Recently Google changed all their icons and now I can't find anything. Trying to open an app, I don't know what I'm looking for anymore. GChat in particular wtf
Also, a bunch of other apps decided to change their icons at the same time and this feels like a covert cognitive test I'm failing
Also, a bunch of other apps decided to change their icons at the same time and this feels like a covert cognitive test I'm failing
my first thought was they probably did the gradients to match gemini, and yep 😒
June 7, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Recently Google changed all their icons and now I can't find anything. Trying to open an app, I don't know what I'm looking for anymore. GChat in particular wtf
Also, a bunch of other apps decided to change their icons at the same time and this feels like a covert cognitive test I'm failing
Also, a bunch of other apps decided to change their icons at the same time and this feels like a covert cognitive test I'm failing
The Epic Tale of Creating This Bluesky Account
First I made a new gmail account, then I made this account and linked it to gmail. Since the gmail name had 'shit' in it and was only linked to a social media account, google banned it. Sure, ok fine I guess. I contested it and they returned it but....
First I made a new gmail account, then I made this account and linked it to gmail. Since the gmail name had 'shit' in it and was only linked to a social media account, google banned it. Sure, ok fine I guess. I contested it and they returned it but....
June 7, 2026 at 6:26 PM
The Epic Tale of Creating This Bluesky Account
First I made a new gmail account, then I made this account and linked it to gmail. Since the gmail name had 'shit' in it and was only linked to a social media account, google banned it. Sure, ok fine I guess. I contested it and they returned it but....
First I made a new gmail account, then I made this account and linked it to gmail. Since the gmail name had 'shit' in it and was only linked to a social media account, google banned it. Sure, ok fine I guess. I contested it and they returned it but....
Literally every task in modern life is unreasonably difficult
"Many consumers feel they are constantly fighting against an onslaught of overcharges, customer service hassles, shoddy products and billing mistakes that always seem to go in the company’s favor."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
"Many consumers feel they are constantly fighting against an onslaught of overcharges, customer service hassles, shoddy products and billing mistakes that always seem to go in the company’s favor."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Why are US consumers so angry? It’s not just high prices
There’s a stew of factors at work behind the rise in consumer rage – but there are potential solutions, too
www.theguardian.com
June 7, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Literally every task in modern life is unreasonably difficult
"Many consumers feel they are constantly fighting against an onslaught of overcharges, customer service hassles, shoddy products and billing mistakes that always seem to go in the company’s favor."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
"Many consumers feel they are constantly fighting against an onslaught of overcharges, customer service hassles, shoddy products and billing mistakes that always seem to go in the company’s favor."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
"To truly teach big tech to put humanity first, it is necessary to catalog all the ways that big tech is currently putting humanity last......" @brianphillips.lol
www.theringer.com/2026/05/28/t...
www.theringer.com/2026/05/28/t...
The 40 Most Rage-Inducing Problems in Tech
The bugs, broken apps, and nightmare customer-service bots we can't escape, presented as a blessed and sacred addendum to Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical on AI
www.theringer.com
June 7, 2026 at 6:21 PM
"To truly teach big tech to put humanity first, it is necessary to catalog all the ways that big tech is currently putting humanity last......" @brianphillips.lol
www.theringer.com/2026/05/28/t...
www.theringer.com/2026/05/28/t...