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67 Products And Services That Somehow Got Worse While Getting More Expensive
“They just don’t make things like they used to!” Sentences like this often elicit rolled eyes from kids and teens, especially if they heard their parents say it. But once you’re an adult, you realize that they’re totally right. Despite the fact that technology is supposedly advancing, it seems like everything around us is getting worse…
If you’re tired of your phone battery draining immediately, the quality of clothing being way worse than it was when you were a kid, and every company cutting corners to save money, you’ve come to the right place, pandas. Here’s a list of relatable (albeit depressing) photos from an online community that calls out products and services that companies have actively made worse over the years.
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#1
They're Editing Digital Books To Contain Ads Now
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#4
This Is Painful
Kira Okah 32 minutes ago
This is the result of a lawsuit against McDonald's, that claimed that McD's was targeting children to make them grow up obese and dependent. They were barred from all directed advertising and appeal to children in their restaurants, s they had to pivot to the adult coffee crowd.
#5
Anyone Still Watching The News?
#6
The Enshittification Of Our Brains On Chatgpt
#7
Can't Even Do My Laundry Without Dealing With This Nonsense
#8
EU Huge Step On Protection Of Consumers
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 28 minutes ago
The cost to replace the component includes labor. Have you ever worked on a smart phone?
#10
We've Reached A New Low, Ads On The Sinks In The Gym Bathroom
#11
Cgi Is Actually Magnificent, As Long As You Allow The Time And Budget To Do It Properly
#12
Purchased Movies Will No Longer Be Accessible, Thanks Sony!
Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 16 minutes ago
They have a strange definition of the word "Purchase. "Money can be exchanged for goods and services" Homer Simpson's Brain.
#13
When Digital Menus Randomly Change To A 30s Advert, Making The Menu As A TV Pointless
#14
Hp Forces You To Replace Your Ink Cartridges After Canceling Your Subscription
Ronja Oksanen 1 minute ago
This happened to me when I canceled my free trial period at the last day, and the subscription cartridges were almost full! Nonsensical waste 😣
#15
Reddit Now Shows Ads That Look Like Comments
#16
They Knew What They Were Doing
#17
It Gets Worse. They Posted This And It Turns Out The Guy Gave The Money To The Person Who Lost It
#18
When Did Hotels Get So Much Worse?
Pictured above- hotel removed refrigerator. I travel a bunch for work, although I’m currently an unpaid intern. I’ve noticed how much worse hotels have gotten in the last few years. Some of the stuff I’ve seen in the last few months include-
$25 charge every time you want to use a luggage cart
$16 a day for Wi-Fi, $20 a day for decent wi-fi
$20 a day for parking in a non-urban area
Removal of ice machines
No ability to do your own laundry on site
I need all of the above- and all of this seems pretty standard for a mid-priced hotel. Apparently not anymore. Now I’m just sad that my leftover Italian food I had for late night work is going to go bad.
#19
This Thinly Veiled Gambling Bull Directed At Kids
I know the "collect em all" tactic has been around since baseball cards but these godforsaken balls taking over toy aisle are especially egregious IMO. And expensive.
#22
Wait…we Are Now Only Allowed To See 8 Cherry-Picked Reviews, And Can No Longer Sort By “Most Recent” Or Filter By Star-Rating? Wtf Is Happening?
#24
Cottonelle What Are You Doing Babygirl
Left is old TP from another brand, right is new Cottonelle. I wonder if I'd have even noticed unless I saw them side by side like this inadvertently. Good luck to you if you have large hands, some of your fingers may be participating as well.
#25
Imagine If Everything Else Kept Up
#30
He's 76 Years Old Man
#31
Mounds Don’t Even Use Real Chocolate Anymore
Kira Okah 25 minutes ago
They don't use enough cocoa butter for a proper designated use of the word chocolate, because it's cheaper. General question: would you prefer that they used cheaper chocolate, made the bar smaller, raised the price, or went out of business? Those are a company's options when the current cost of the product can't maintain the current quality of the ingredients to make and distribute the product.
#33
Google Search: The Word "Crumble" Is Now Being Treated As A Misspelling Of "Crumbl" As In The Cookie Chain
#35
My Local Panera Removed Almost All The Outlets And Replaced Them With Blanking Plates So You Can't Charge Your Phone Or Laptop
#40
Electronic Shelf Labels May Use Your Data Profile To Make You Pay Different Prices
#46
Ritz Crackers Now Made With Peanut Butter Flavored Filling Instead Of, Idk, Just Peanut Butter?
KazzaHazza 36 minutes ago
But it says at the top it’s made with real peanut butter. I’m confused
#58
Youtube Has Entirely Removed Dislikes On Shorts And Replaced The Like Button With A Heart Button
#59
F! Jimmy John’s!!
Robert Trebor 55 minutes ago
I got a tuna sub from them. It was kinda like a tuna paste smeared on the bread, no actual lumps of tuna, filled the bread up with lettuce and very thinly sliced tomato. Never again.
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