“From Marvels to Mediocrity: The Shocking Decline of 40 Iconic Inventions You Thought You Knew!”
#34
Gaming. You bought a game, inserted in the console and it was working. You could play.
Now? 100GB update, then you need to be connected to the online, update game, then you need to buy dlcs to get complete experience, excessive grind and option to buy speed up perks, then years later, servers shut down and your own game doesn’t work anymore.. (examples, warzone has 100GB updates, pokemon scvi don’t have post game, to get anything resembling postgane, you need to buy dlcs, ubisoft games are infamous for their microtransactions of xp boosts in single player games, the crew is odd mix of single player game which needs constant Internet connection and they will close servers this year, making game unplayable for anyone who bought it).
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#35
Packaging has got worse.
You no longer get a protective plastic lid for cream or yogurt.
Most of the âpull hereâ lids donât work at all anymore.
Large items like 24 cans of coke, no longer have a box that you can open easily to allow access.
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#36
Border control. You arrived from a friendly country, a civil servant in regular clothes glanced at your picture and you, maybe asked a short question about your trip, then it was “welcome home” and you got waved through. All done in seconds. Going to our neighbours in Europe and it was just the same.
Now they have facial recognition stuff that takes forever to recognise you, frequently fails to and directs you to a human dressed in an intimidating uniform who gives you the third degree. Before you even get to the control point you will be in a long snaking queue often being yelled at by an officious security type. Going to our neighbours there are long queues and passport stamps even if there are e-passport readers. Soon you will have to preregister online before you even leave (and foreigners coming to the UK will experience something similar).
