Is it? The razor I bought can&#x27;t cut hair, the laptop I got has a stupidly nosiy fan, the phone I bought has a rapidly diminishing battery life, the headset I bought makes a constant hiss, my OS and TV now spy on me. Do I even own my steam games? I have to rent my music and TV to get it at a reasonable price, but songs and shows disappear without explanation or warning.<p>It seems to me things are worse than they used to be, it&#x27;s harder than ever to find quality products, even meticulously researching everything.<p>And that&#x27;s before we even get onto forced obselence.<p>Maybe I&#x27;m becoming a grump as I grow older but electronics brands you used to be able to trust are no longer sure bets and everything seems to have a nasty gotcha spyware or horrid EULA.<p>Edit: although I do admit there&#x27;s a lot of magical things, I love my Kindle, I love how my phone synchs with my Kindle when I&#x27;m in random queue, I love being able to get + give directions from my phone in random places.<p>I just feel overall quality of goods has gone down as they become (worringly for the environment) disposible and consumers are losing control as their stuff is no longer theirs.