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Ask HN: Products that suck but you still use? (2020)

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Re: Ask HN: Products that suck but you still use? (2020)

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Post by notkaiho »

paypalcust83 wrote: post #4
notkaiho wrote: post #2

Spotify. The Mac desktop app often stops being able to play songs until you can restart the app, an issue they've been aware of for months if not a year. The catalogue is an absolute mess and there's no way to report metadata issues, or transparency about which editions records are based on. But it syncs nicely with my phone, lets me download songs for listening on planes, and has decent little features like discover…

I haven't had that exact problem. On iOS and macOS, a new session from idling a long time often won't start playing the last track, saying it can't find it. Another annoyance is when someone edits the playlists or licensing situation may have changed, and songs just drop out of existence, so you never really "own" anything and there's zero permanence. It's better to have your own collection and use Spot, Last or Pand…

The money involved in getting the level of breadth of music I listen to on any given week would be absolutely prohibitive compared to the monthly subscription fee.

Re: Ask HN: Products that suck but you still use? (2020)

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Post by gt565k »

oldsklgdfth wrote: post #6

Amazon.com If I don't find what I need in the first few results I have to scroll endlessly. No amount of filtering or sorting helps. The browsing experience is lacking. I think most people have been trained to buy specific items, rather than searching for the product that is good for them.

I did not renew my amazon.com prime membership this year and I'm about to cancel my prime credit card.

I think the covid lockdown really made me look at what I was spending money on. 95% of my orders on amazon were things I did not need within 2-3 days, heck even a week. And probably 50% of the things I bought I did not need at all. Not to mention I could have purchased them in retail stores.

While Amazon is convenient to shop, it is also dangerous. The ability to quickly look at products and buy things with the click of a button can be addicting.

Re: Ask HN: Products that suck but you still use? (2020)

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Post by paypalcust83 »

notkaiho wrote: post #11
paypalcust83 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I haven't had that exact problem. On iOS and macOS, a new session from idling a long time often won't start playing the last track, saying it can't find it. Another annoyance is when someone edits the playlists or licensing situation may have changed, and songs just drop out of existence, so you never really "own" anything and there's zero permanence. It's better to have your own collection and use Spot, Last or Pand…

The money involved in getting the level of breadth of music I listen to on any given week would be absolutely prohibitive compared to the monthly subscription fee.

I don't have that problem. :)

Re: Ask HN: Products that suck but you still use? (2020)

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Post by gcatalfamo »

notkaiho wrote: post #2

Spotify. The Mac desktop app often stops being able to play songs until you can restart the app, an issue they've been aware of for months if not a year. The catalogue is an absolute mess and there's no way to report metadata issues, or transparency about which editions records are based on. But it syncs nicely with my phone, lets me download songs for listening on planes, and has decent little features like discover…

I listen to it in my car. There is bug after a while that songs keep interrupting exactly at second 00:10. And you have to restart everything, car included, to make it start working again.

Re: Ask HN: Products that suck but you still use? (2020)

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Post by open-source-ux »

There are so many - where to start?

- Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word (the desktop apps)

- Google Sheets, Android, GMail

- Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects etc)

- Git, GitHub

- Apple Finder

- Dropbox, Dropbox Paper

Not products, but technologies: most programming languages, CSS, most APIs, anything with the description "static site generator"

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