When you connect a new device to a ‘smart’ tv, you must pay homage to the manufacturer with a ritualistic dance. Plugging and unplugging the device. Turning them on and off in the correct sequence like entering a konami code.

Every time you want to switch devices, the tv must scan for them. And god forbid you lose power, or unplug something. You are granted the delight experience of doing it all over again.

I have fond memories of the days of just plugging something in, and pressing the input button. Instant gratification. It was a simpler time.

What is some other tech that used to be better?

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    The internet.

    The internet of the 90s was wild, creative, and not as accessible. We dreamed that as it grew and became more accessible, a utopia of information and creativity would flourish.

    Instead we got a bland, corporate wasteland, and free soapboxes for every shithead out there.

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      Yup, most of the internet is now sadly an ad-infested monetized corporate hellhole, and as a bonus it’s now rapidly being filled to the brim with AI slop, because it clearly wasn’t bad enough just yet… :(

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        Finding it is almost impossible though. I’ve tried and tried but the search engines don’t show any of these cute little niche sites that are definitely out there.

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          Back then, you didn’t find them in search engines either. Your friends told you about them.

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            I feel the bigger problem is that there just aren’t as many of them.

            Why host a webpage now when you can just set up a Facebook page for it?

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              I wish people would realize there are people from every generation who won’t touch Facebook, IG and other meta things. When we finally got s new mayor who actually said our town with soon have a real website, I nearly wept with joy.

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              “aren’t as many of them”

              I do not believe that. There is more of everything now than there was Internet before. The web used to be tiny.

              You are not going to find what you want by clicking on the “Mozilla Cool Site of the Day”. But they are out there.

              Not that I do not agree with the point the OP is making. The “cool site” story itself illustrates the overall story-arc of the Internet pretty well:

              https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_Site_of_the_Day

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          You know, you aren’t wrong.

          I’ve been noodling on an idea for a while:

          What about a… fediverse focused/ federated search engine?