Why is website design so awful today, generally?

[TJ82]

Most of this was hardware problems not software malfunction. I don't recall any pre mid-1990s car breaking down because of software.



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This is called late-stage capitalism. All car models now are the same in different sizes. I went to car dealership can couldn't tell if a BMW car was 5 series or 7 series.

Most surprising is how consumers are willing to keep buying faulty products like its the norm. I seriously do not understand people who buy Range Rover or BMW for high price when they know in 3 year time it will sell for like 30% of its original price and will be taken to the dealership on monthly basis to be fixed. Meanwhile, I have 1998 toyota that has been driven daily and still works with the cheapest spare parts.
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Always find it bizarre that someone living in late-stage capitalism doesn't understand late-stage capitalism.

Middle classes are buying status and lifestyle, not reliability, like some farmer.

 

[MacBH928]

Always find it bizarre that someone living in late-stage capitalism doesn't understand late-stage capitalism.

Middle classes are buying status and lifestyle, not reliability, like some farmer.

I was talking about the product not consumer behavior. Products are too similar because thats how companies save more money.

 

[Nermal]

Products are too similar because thats how companies save more money.

I bought two tablecloths a while ago. They were different brands, but after I got them home I realised that both had word-for-word identical text on the back of the packaging. Both companies had obviously contracted the same manufacturer in China and hadn't even bothered to customise the text!

 

[MacBH928]

I bought two tablecloths a while ago. They were different brands, but after I got them home I realised that both had word-for-word identical text on the back of the packaging. Both companies had obviously contracted the same manufacturer in China and hadn't even bothered to customise the text!

exactly what i am talking about. There is more on this topic but i do not want to derail the thread

 

[turbineseaplane]

Here's a good example of what has been lost over the years, from Apple's own website:

The iPhone launch day website (source link for photo).

I love how much useful information was shown in such a compact amount of space.

I can't stand the "brochure" style now that requires endless scrolling and hijacks the scroll process.
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[MacBH928]

Here's a good example of what has been lost over the years, from Apple's own website:

The iPhone launch day website (source link for photo).

I love how much useful information was shown in such a compact amount of space.

I can't stand the "brochure" style now that requires endless scrolling and hijacks the scroll process.
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form > function is their style

i hate those full screen sized images you actually need to scroll through them. I think a lot of reason is because they make them dual purposed for mobile sized screens