People expect technology to suck because it sucks
For most people, technology is a haunted house riddled with unpleasant surprises. With no agency, they are at the mercy of other people&#x27;s bad ideas that keep changing. Everything needs to be updated because everything else needs to be updated, because everything needs to be updated. Duh!<p>Software updates! Guess what! Here&#x27;s a new UI for ya. We moved all the stuff! It&#x27;s like someone threw you a surprise birthday party, but not on your birthday, on <i>their</i> birthday, and their idea of the best gift <i>evar</i> is to hire an interior designer (for free! lucky you!) who completely rearranges your house inside and out and springs it on you after you return from the grocery store. And there&#x27;s no going back.<p>At first it was exciting--when I was 15--then it&#x27;s slightly bothersome, then downright annoying, then it&#x27;s infuriating, then it&#x27;s just tiring. Your brain learns that there is no point in learning anything anymore because they&#x27;re just going to scramble it again anyway. Learned helplessness. People age out, ended up feeling old and useless and jaded because their skillset is completely inapplicable, after just a few years.<p>Yeah, I can understand why people hate tech.