Oh, I hate both autocorrect and texting. I will erase filled in text and write it myself out of orneryness-- also I've got arthritis in my thumbs, so it takes me forever to hunt and peck and is uncomfortable. So happy you mentioned enshittification!
Not to get all "GET OFF MY LAWN, WHIPPERSNAPPERS" but I frequently miss my Blackberry. Now THERE was a small keyboard my skinny-fat fingers could dexterously manipulate. I, like you, am an utter disaster texting on my iPhone.
Oh, I so feel this post, really! I have not turned off autocorrect, and sometimes I do appreciate autocomplete (though I kind of forget about it because I often type faster than it can propose), but I, too, have noticed how much worse autocorrect has become, and I am so annoyed by it. But, honestly, it's not really a footnote that Reddit and Wikipedia are the only things that work anymore--that is the thesis, right? That people do this stuff better than the machines, and that the machines, having gotten considerably better for a while, are now getting worse. It will happen with AI too, I'm confident. (That said, I'm glad it's a footnote, because I love the footnotes!) And now I am off to read your various recommendations!
Oh, I hate both autocorrect and texting. I will erase filled in text and write it myself out of orneryness-- also I've got arthritis in my thumbs, so it takes me forever to hunt and peck and is uncomfortable. So happy you mentioned enshittification!
I write it myself too!! Pure orneryness, but isn’t holding onto our orneryness essential in this moment?
I am not going to tell you to do anything but keep on (self-corrected from "in") ranting, and I love you.
Not to get all "GET OFF MY LAWN, WHIPPERSNAPPERS" but I frequently miss my Blackberry. Now THERE was a small keyboard my skinny-fat fingers could dexterously manipulate. I, like you, am an utter disaster texting on my iPhone.
Thank you for helping me feel seen.
also How I Quit Spin is riveting. Thank you!
Oh, I so feel this post, really! I have not turned off autocorrect, and sometimes I do appreciate autocomplete (though I kind of forget about it because I often type faster than it can propose), but I, too, have noticed how much worse autocorrect has become, and I am so annoyed by it. But, honestly, it's not really a footnote that Reddit and Wikipedia are the only things that work anymore--that is the thesis, right? That people do this stuff better than the machines, and that the machines, having gotten considerably better for a while, are now getting worse. It will happen with AI too, I'm confident. (That said, I'm glad it's a footnote, because I love the footnotes!) And now I am off to read your various recommendations!
Definitely the thesis, and deeply supported by Grammar Table!