I wasn't even meaning applications or software, I was meaning truly simple fucking tools and devices that used to be common like washing machines, dryers, cars, etc. A dryer is the dumbest machine in the world, and they've made it into the most pointlessly complicated bullshit that could even be conceptualized. And a basic option literally *doesn't even exist anymore.* 

Its like they outlawed common sense. 

 Had our broken dryer looked at by an 80-something Vietnamese bloke who used to build them in a factory, not worth replacing the heating element. His advice was to buy the cheapest one with no electronics just physical controls, and “never buy a washer/dryer”. He said that like 5 times and was quite adamant about it, garbage products apparently that break all the time.