Which pieces of technology have actually improved instead of getting worse? – 17 gadgets that have defied enshittification
10.
‘Guitar amplifiers. Specifically small modelling amps which sound better than ever, are cheaper and have maximised technology to provide multiple built-in features.’
-noxiousbeast
11.
‘X-ray machines.
‘When I went to the dentist they used to put these painful cardboard things in your mouth, put the led apron on you, set the camera, leave the room, take the picture, come back in and repeat the process multiple times to get images from all the necessary angles.
‘Now they have this machine, you put your mouth around the mouth piece, you wear the apron, and then the machine rotates around your mouth taking pictures.’
-Red_Marvel
12.
‘Cell phones..
‘My first cell phone was a nokia that didn’t even have a screen. Now I’ve got a god damned gaming rig in my pocket.’
-mrekted
13.
‘3D printers. Went from a Voxelab Aquila X2, leveling the bed with a piece of paper, to a Bambu Lab P2S in December of last year. I can’t wait to see what the next 10 years looks like.’
-drinktildrunk
14.
‘Flashlights are wildly brighter and smaller than when we were growing up, because both LED and battery technologies have increased so drastically.’
-CarpeNivem
15.
‘Cancer detection and treatment. We went from “you might have cancer, good luck” to “you have cancer and we know exactly what to do to cure it”, in many cases.’
-just_a_random_guy_11
16.
‘Realistically… all of it. It’s just the economy that got worse’
-HeDoesNotRow
17.
‘Basically everything. The overwhelming majority of technology was just plain worse in the past, and in the cases where old technology seems reliable or superior, it’s usually survivorship bias or incomparable price categories.’
-Dragongeek
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