Is it just me or is the internet getting more complicated by the day.

Find an aware high-school kid to help you out. You’ll be waiting for a human longer than Napier picking an OC if you’re going to go through any software company's customer service portal. Going rate is $20-25/hour. And, you’ll make a friend.

 

Nope, Its happening to everyone. Customer service is dead. If you want to fix something, its hours on the forums or searching google or just biting the bullet and paying them.

 

It’s not just you. Have you seen what they’ve done to the Apple photos app?

 

Wait. You were on the internet in the 80's?

 

I have never been a tech guy and trying to catch up/keep up. I have started doing as many things as possible on my apps (in my Apple devices) instead of websites. I have also gotten in the habit recently of asking ChatGPT computer questions and am able to troubleshoot things myself with its help.

I recently had ChatGPT create me an excel spreadsheet with the formulas already imbedded. It also helped me blank an old device and to figure out my new Apple Watch.

In many ways, I think it’s all getting more user friendly but I am sure there are tradeoffs with customization and privacy.

 

If you're in the same shape as Joe Biden, you need to add Fisher-Price to your product lineup. They have a cheap phone with no contract that will work as well for customer service as the one you're using now.

 

You’re trying to hard. No need to call Microsoft tech support. If you wait long enough they’ll call you offering to fix your computer for free.

 

The internet was released to the private sector by the War Department on January 1, 1983. AOL went live in 1988.

 

Every single time I contact AT&T for anything, I have to tell them multiple times that I don't want to upgrade to unlimited data.

Multiple levels of 'security' required these days makes me want to harm someone.

I can no longer log into the credit union with my password....they also need to text me a code. And if I try chatting, the first 5 minutes are answering a series of security questions....when I'm already logged in.

 

unfortunately the expanded security is needed these days as there are so many crooks out there trying to steal your info


Tilly I found Gator Country in early 1997 not to long after Ray and Gus Garcia took it live on the internet

 

I think it was at least a few more years before the internet we think of today though. Probably mid 90’s for most. AOL didn’t even introduce email to their service until 1993. It’s kind of crazy every once in awhile seeing someone still using an aol address. I always wonder if maybe they were never able to cancel their aol subscriptions back in the day (when they started bleeding users, one of the tricks was to make it impossible to cancel unless you talked to a csr).

 

Sprint was the first commercial ISP and it launched in 1992. (Well The World ISP launched publicly in Nov of 1989, but wasnt what we think of as an ISP so much.)

Quantum Link (AOL) was only available on a small assortment of Apple II devices in the late 80's. And then really not in households.

 

Outstanding!!

 

Understood. Long after the 1980's

 

Not just customer service, but user interface, and backward compatibility is in that graveyard as well.

 

It's probably more complicated, but my guess is that we're just getting older, my friend. I used to be way ahead of the curve and now ... suffice to say I'm not. I just don't care enough. Don't want another app.