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The Tech World's "Innovation" Problem: It's All Just Shiny Garbage, Ain't It?

So, the tech world's still patting itself on the back for "innovating," huh? Give me a break. It's been downhill ever since they stopped making phones that could survive a nuclear blast. Now it's all about planned obsolescence and subscription models for stuff that used to be, you know, yours.

The Illusion of Progress

Let's be real: most "innovation" these days is just finding new ways to squeeze money out of consumers. Remember when software came on a CD and you owned it? Now everything's a "service" and you're basically renting it forever. And don't even get me started on NFTs. Remember those? The emperor's new clothes of the digital age. Or maybe more like, the emperor's new JPEGs of clothes.

And the user interfaces! They keep "improving" them, which really means they keep changing them for no good reason. I swear, every time I open my email, they've moved the "delete" button. It's like they're actively trying to make me hate using their products.

But hey, at least we got curved screens on our phones now. Because that's totally necessary for making calls and doomscrolling. What's next? Phones that fold into origami swans?

Innovation or Just Incremental Improvements?

Here's the thing: true innovation is rare. Most of what we see is just incremental improvements on existing technology. A slightly faster processor, a slightly better camera, a slightly more annoying notification system. It's like polishing a turd and calling it a diamond. Are we really supposed to be impressed by this?

And let's talk about "AI." Every company's slapping "AI" on everything now, even if it's just a glorified chatbot. It's the new buzzword, the new "cloud," the new "blockchain." Remember when every company was adding blockchain to their name? Now it's AI, and honestly...

Wait, I just remembered I gotta pay my cable bill. Seriously, $150 a month for 200 channels of garbage I never watch? It's highway robbery, I tell ya.

The Real Cost of Shiny Things

All this focus on "innovation" also distracts us from the real problems. Climate change, income inequality, the fact that we're all slowly being replaced by robots... These are the things we should be focusing on, not whether the new iPhone has a slightly bigger camera bump.

And don't even get me started on the environmental cost of all this tech. Rare earth minerals, toxic waste, mountains of e-waste... It's a disaster waiting to happen. But hey, at least we got a new gadget to distract us from the impending apocalypse.

Then again, maybe I'm just a grumpy old man yelling at clouds. Maybe I'm the one who's out of touch. But I doubt it.

So, What's the Real Innovation? Finding New Ways to Screw Us Over.