New tech used to be really exciting. Engadget started as a gadget blog talking about the newest gadgets doing cool things. MP3 players, cameras, companies trying cool things. That category totally evaporated and reading about the newest smartphone or app with a subscription sucks
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NekoKoneko@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I used to spend a lot of time on tech sites, but they’ve all become such an evil enterprise. I remember back in the '00s looking forward to the next Android update or even back when a new Windows was going to bring improvements (even if just to fix the bugs). Now every update is enshittification and SaaS.
JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org 2 days ago
cabbage@piefed.social 3 days ago
Yeah. Sites like CNET and TechRadar seems completely uninteresting at this point. Wired and the Verge seems to have done a better job at transitioning into reporting on how tech affects society, which is much more interesting. 404media seems to be doing well in that business.
If a tech site does their job these days their readers will not be using Google any more at all.
artyom@piefed.social 3 days ago
I really don’t think any of that is to blame, it’s always been that way. The blame it’s squarely on LLM search. People really do believe the nonsense these bullshit machines pump out. I have people sending them to me all the time. And I see creators using screencaps as sources as well. People are fuckin dumb.