Roman Mars

It was doing this for some kind of good reason, like for a safety reason.

No, it was six.

This is sounding more and more like the plight of every modern consumer or user of modern devices.

Like, it's really, really infuriating.

I have.

I'm also a big fan of Cory Doctorow.

And what I know of it is that this is the idea that, you know, kind of everything on the internet is getting worse.

Wow.

That is way too high.

I can already think of the ones that I wish I could eliminate from my house right now.

Let's go for a nine.

I'm a nine.

Like, I'm ready to just, like, go to the next room, yank that smart thermostat out of my wall and just put in an old fashioned Honeywell analog dial.

So we're back with Chris Berube talking about inshittification.

Well, I definitely want to start with the dodgy, questionable outside of the law way.

That sounds way more fun.

So I'm completely on board with fixing this problem, however you need to fix it.

But I do think that there's probably a little room to be cautious if you do not know where the software or hardware that you're using to fix the problem came from.

Five years in prison.

There should be a prison sentence for passing that law.