Once upon a time, #technology either did what you wanted or it was broken. Or maybe if bad, it worked inefficiently or with great effort.

It feels like around 2005 when it began to change. Technology started actively trying to get YOU to do a different action than you wanted. It started selling YOU.

Now, we desperately struggle to evade bots chasing after and blocking us to do their bidding, while we search for a way to trick programs into approximating an action adjacent to what we want. 

 I still know the first time I recognized my new TV needed a software update 🙄 But it could be worse. Waiting for a time when my toaster needs 30 seconds to boot.